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Hydrogen storage in heat-treated carbon nanofibers prepared by the vertical floating catalyst method

  • Hongwei Zhu*
  • , Xuesong Li
  • , Lijie Ci
  • , Cailu Xu
  • , Dehai Wu
  • , Zongqiang Mao
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Tsinghua University

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Abstract

Hydrogen storage in carbon nanofibers (CNFs) prepared by the floating catalyst method is investigated. The pristine CNF materials are subjected to several heat treatments under different temperatures with the protection of Ar for 2 h to get favorable structure and adsorption surface. These treatments improved the graphitization degree and surface activity of the CNFs effectively. At last these materials can absorb ∼4wt.% of hydrogen at room temperature under ∼10 MPa. The effect of the surface functional groups on the adsorption performance of the CNFs is highlighted.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)670-675
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Chemistry and Physics
Volume78
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Feb 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Carbon nanofibers
  • Floating catalyst
  • Graphitization
  • Hydrogen storage

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