Issue |
EPL
Volume 96, Number 2, October 2011
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Article Number | 27013 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/96/27013 | |
Published online | 10 October 2011 |
Ab initio study of lithium-doped graphane for hydrogen storage
1
Condense Matter Theory Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Box 516, Uppsala University S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden, EU
2
Applied Materials Physics, Department of Materials and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, EU
a
tanveer.hussain@physics.uu.se
Received:
31
July
2011
Accepted:
5
September
2011
Based on the first-principle density functional calculations we predict that Li-doped graphane (prehydrogenated graphene) can be a potential candidate for hydrogen storage. The calculated Li-binding energy on graphane is significantly higher than the Li bulk's cohesive energy ruling out any possibility of cluster formations in the Li-doped graphane. Our study shows that even with very low concentration (5.56%) of Li doping, the Li-graphane sheet can achieve a reasonable hydrogen storage capacity of 3.23 wt.%. The van der Waals corrected H2 binding energies fall within the range of 0.12–0.29 eV, suitable for practical H2 storage applications.
PACS: 73.22.-f – Electronic structure of nanoscale materials and related systems / 73.22.Pr – Electronic structure of graphene
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