Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (10): 2131.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20140508

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Hydrogen Storage of the Different Kinds of Metal Atoms Coated Fullerene C20M(M=Li, Ti, Fe)

WANG Chengjie, TANG Chunmei*(), ZHANG Yijie, GAO Fengzhi   

  1. College of Science, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
  • Received:2014-06-04 Online:2014-10-10 Published:2014-09-15
  • Contact: TANG Chunmei E-mail:tcmnj@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11104062, 10947132), Hohai University Innovation Training Project, China(No.2014102941048)

Abstract:

The hydrogen storage ability of the alkali metal atom Li, transition metal atom Ti and Fe decorated fullerene C20M was studied with the generalized gradient approximation of the density functional theory. Geo-metry optimization shows that the most stable adsorption position of the metal atom is located above the bridge site of the C—C bond of C20. It is known from the average adsorption energy that the maximum numbers of H2 adsorbed on the C20M(M=Li, Ti, Fe) are 6, 6 and 4, respectively. They agree well with the 18 electronic rule. The average adsorption energies of C20M-nH2 are in the range from 0.25 eV to 0.8 eV, between physical adsorption and chemical adsorption(0.1—0.8 eV), so it can realize the reversible adsorption of H2. C20Li mainly through the dipole moment formed of positive and negative charge to adsorb H2 molecules, while C20Ti and C20Fe adsorb H2 mainly through Dewar-Kubas role.

Key words: Fullerene C20, Metal atom coated fullerene, C20Li, C20Ti, C20Fe, Hydrogen storage, Density functional theory

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