Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (6): 958.

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Computer Simulations of Hydrogen Adsorption in Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes

GU Chong1, GAO Guang-Hua1, YU Yang-Xin1, MAO Zong-Qiang2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemical Engineering;
    2. Institute of Nuclear Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2000-04-10 Online:2001-06-24 Published:2001-06-24

Abstract: The adsorption of hydrogen gas into single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is studied by Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulation. Hydrogen-hydrogen and hydrogen-carbon interactions are both modeled with Lennard-Jones potential. Hydrogen-carbon interactions are integrated over the whole nanotube to get the molecule-wall interactions. Five adsorption isotherms of different tube diameters at 293 Kand two adsorption curves of different van der Waals (VDW) distances at 293 Kand 5 MPa are displayed. The influence on adsorption of different SWNTs' diameters and VDWdistances are discussed.

Key words: Monte Carlo simulation, Single walled carbon nanotubes, Adsorption

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