Quantum effects on adsorption isotherm of hydrogen in strongly confining twisted carbon nanotubes》.pdf

i n t e r n a t i o n a l j o u r n a l o f h y d r o g e n e n e r g y 4 0 ( 2 0 1 5 ) 1 2 9 9 3 e 1 3 0 0 2 Available online at ScienceDirect journal homepage: /locate/he Quantum effects on adsorption isotherm of hydrogen in strongly confining twisted carbon nanotubes Bin-Hao Chen* Department of Materials and Energy Engineering, Far East University, No. 49, Zhonghua Rd., Xinshi Dist., Tainan City 74448, Taiwan, ROC a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Hydrogen molecules that are confined in twisted single-wall carbon nanotubes act as a Received 15 March 2015 quantum fluid at low temperature. This work computes the adsorption thermodynamics of Received in revised form hydrogen that is stored in torsional single-walled carbon nanotubes, which is expected to 3 July 2015 increase the surface area of and structure stiffness of the nanotubes. Interestingly, the Accepted 27 July 2015 unique rifling nanostructure of these nanotubes strengthens the quantum effect. Simu- Available online 21 August 2015 lation results reveal that the hydrogen storage capacity of slightly twisted single-wall carbon nanotubes exceeds that of pristine single-wall carbon nanotubes under the same Keywords: adsorption conditions. The hydrogen molecules undergo quantum effect when the char- Hydrogen storage acteristic pore diameter is smaller than 3 nm. An insufficient pore size reduces the Twisted carbon nanotube hydrogen stora