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Chemisorption of hydrogen molecules on carbon nanotubes under high pressure

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The previously unexplained experimental observations of the direct hydrogenation of fullerenes under high pressure lend further support for a mechanism for the dissociative chemisorption of H2 on carbon nanotubes.
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Based on first principles calculations, we propose a mechanism for the dissociative chemisorption of H2 on carbon nanotubes. The breaking of the H—H bond is concerted with the formation of two C—H bonds on two adjacent carbon nanotubes in solid phase, facilitated by the application of high pressure which shortens the interstitial distance between nanotubes. The process is reversible upon the release of external pressure and could make an important contribution to the observed hydrogen storage capacity of carbon nanotubes. The previously unexplained experimental observations of the direct hydrogenation of fullerenes under high pressure lend further support for such a mechanism.

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Physisorption of Hydrogen on Microporous Carbon and Carbon Nanotubes

TL;DR: In this paper, the storage capability of microporous carbon materials for gaseous hydrogen both theoretically and experimentally was investigated, and it was shown that for low gas pressure a cylindrical geometry like that in carbon nanotubes can exceed the storage density of carbon slitpores owing to capillary forces.
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