Matthew Beckner

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that nanospace engineering of KOH activated carbon is possible by controlling the degree of carbon consumption and metallic potassium intercalation into the carbon lattice during the activation process, and how to control the number of supra-nanometer pores in a manner not achieved previously by chemical activation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the functional groups for hydrogen adsorption in activated carbon were studied by comparing the activated carbon materials with and without boron doping, and the substitutions of carbon atoms with BORON atoms were confirmed using microscopic FTIR, although it cannot be observed with conventional FTIR.

TL;DR: The findings make a strong case for it being possible to significantly increase hydrogen storage capacities in nanoporous carbons by suitable engineering of the nanopore space, including the prevalence of just two distinct binding energies.

TL;DR: OCF structures, if synthesized, will give hydrogen uptake at the level required for mobile applications, and a rich spectrum of relationships between structural characteristics of carbons and ensuing hydrogen adsorption (structure-function relationships) emerges.

TL;DR: In this article, the methane storage properties of five benchmark high surface area adsorbent materials were studied at ambient temperature and up to 250 bar service pressure, using adsorption and sample density data.