Alkali and transition metal atom-functionalized germanene for hydrogen storage: A DFT investigation
| Autor: | Akari Narayama Sosa, Luis A. Pérez, Miguel Cruz-Irisson, A. Trejo, Fernando Salazar, Francisco de Santiago, Álvaro Miranda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Germanene
Materials science Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Energy Engineering and Power Technology 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Crystallography Hydrogen storage Fuel Technology Adsorption Transition metal Physisorption Atom Molecule Density functional theory 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46:20245-20256 |
| ISSN: | 0360-3199 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.04.129 |
| Popis: | In this work, we have performed density functional theory-based calculations to study the adsorption of H2 molecules on germanene decorated with alkali atoms (AM) and transition metal atoms (TM). The cohesive energy indicates that interaction between AM (TM) atoms and germanene is strong. The values of the adsorption energies of H2 molecules on the AM or TM atoms are in the range physisorption. The K-decorated germanene has the largest storage capacity, being able to bind up to six H2 molecules, whereas the Au and Na atoms adsorbed five and four H2 molecules, respectively. Li and Ag atoms can bind a maximum of three H2 molecules, while Cu-decorated germanene only adsorbed one H2 molecule. Formation energies show that all the studied cases of H2 molecules adsorbed on AM and TM atom-decorated germanene are energetically favorable. These results indicate that decorated germanene can serve as a hydrogen storage system. |
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