Influence of oxygen-functional groups on carbon replicas for hydrogen adsorption

Seul Yi Lee, Soo Jin Park

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Abstract

In this work, we prepared the ordered nanoporous carbon replicas (CR) by templating method using organized nanoporous silica SBA-15 as a template. The prepared CR samples were chemically modified with H 3PO 4 concentrates in order to investigate the hydrogen storage behaviors. From the results, the H 3PO 4 treatments were proven to introduce oxygen-functional groups to carbon surfaces and change the textural properties of the samples. Moreover, the amount of hydrogen adsorption for H 3PO 4 treated samples was all enhanced except for the excessively treated sample (above 10 M H 3PO 4). Consequently, it could be concluded that hydrogen storage is greatly governed by the acidity of the carbon surfaces, resulting in enhancing electron acceptor-donor interactions at the interfaces (carbon surfaces-hydrogen molecules) due to the H 3PO 4 treatments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)694-697
Number of pages4
JournalPhysica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science
Volume209
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2012

Keywords

  • H PO treatments
  • SBA-15
  • carbon replicas
  • hydrogen storage

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