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Storage of hydrogen in single-walled carbon nanotubes

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  • A. C. Dillon

    (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • K. M. Jones

    (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • T. A. Bekkedahl

    (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • C. H. Kiang

    (Almaden Research Center)

  • D. S. Bethune

    (Almaden Research Center)

  • M. J. Heben

    (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Abstract

Pores of molecular dimensions can adsorb large quantities of gases owing to the enhanced density of the adsorbed material inside the pores1, a consequence of the attractive potential of the pore walls. Pederson and Broughton have suggested2 that carbon nanotubes, which have diameters of typically a few nanometres, should be able to draw up liquids by capillarity, and this effect has been seen for low-surface-tension liquids in large-diameter, multi-walled nanotubes3. Here we show that a gas can condense to high density inside narrow, single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs). Temperature-programmed desorption spectrosocopy shows that hydrogen will condense inside SWNTs under conditions that do not induce adsorption within a standard mesoporous activated carbon. The very high hydrogen uptake in these materials suggests that they might be effective as a hydrogen-storage material for fuel-cell electric vehicles.

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  • A. C. Dillon & K. M. Jones & T. A. Bekkedahl & C. H. Kiang & D. S. Bethune & M. J. Heben, 1997. "Storage of hydrogen in single-walled carbon nanotubes," Nature, Nature, vol. 386(6623), pages 377-379, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:386:y:1997:i:6623:d:10.1038_386377a0
    DOI: 10.1038/386377a0
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