Hydrogen sorption by the bundles of single-wall carbon nanotubes, irradiated in various gas media

Autor: I. I. Yaskovets, V. G. Manzhelii, Alexander V. Dolbin, N. A. Vinnikov, N. A. Tripachko, I. Yu. Uvarova, V. G. Gavrilko, V. B. Esel'son, B. A. Danilchenko
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Low Temperature Physics. 39:610-617
ISSN: 1090-6517
1063-777X
DOI: 10.1063/1.4816119
Popis: The effect of radioactive irradiation on H2 sorption by bundles of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been investigated in various gas media. The samples were irradiated with γ-quanta (1.2 MeV) of 60Co ((1.5–1.7) × 107 rad) radiation at room temperature in deuterium, nitrogen, and oxygen atmosphere (P = 1 atm), and in a vacuum. The processes of H2 sorption and desorption in the SWNT bundles were investigated before and after irradiation in the temperature interval 12–1270 K. It is found that irradiation in a gas environment has a significant effect both on the low-temperature H2 sorption induced by the weak physical interaction, and the chemical H2 sorption by the SWNT bundles. A phenomenological model has been proposed to explain the defect generation in carbon nanotubes irradiated in gas media.
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