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Packings of Carbon Nanotubes – New Materials for Hydrogen Storage
Author(s) -
Assfour Bassem,
Leoni Stefano,
Seifert Gotthard,
Baburin Igor A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201003669
Subject(s) - hydrogen storage , carbon nanotube , materials science , hydrogen , carbon fibers , tube (container) , nanotechnology , energy storage , chemical engineering , composite material , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , chemistry , composite number , power (physics) , physics , alloy , engineering
Packings of carbon nanotubes with three and four different orientations of tube axes (one of such structures is displayed in the figure) are shown to be energetically and mechanically stable systems with outstanding hydrogen storage properties (total uptake amounts up to 19.0 wt% at 77 K and 5.5 wt% at 300 K) approaching the Department of Energy targets.