Movement of hydrogen molecules in pristine, hydrogenated and nitrogen-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes

Kyung Su Oh, Dong Hyun Kim, Seungho Park, Joon Sik Lee, Ohmyoung Kwon, Young Ki Choi

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    Abstract

    Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are considered promising nano-scale materials because of their unique structural, mechanical and electronic properties. Due to their long seamless cylindrical shaped structures they could be applied as effective nano-channels for mass transfer and relevant storages for hydrogen molecules. We study hydrogen transport mechanisms in CNTs for various chiral indices and different peculiarities, using the molecular dynamics simulation and quantum mechanical approach. Various CNT models such as pristine, hydrogenated and doped by nitrogen atoms of zigzag (10,0), chiral (7,5) and armchair (6,6) types with hydrogen molecules diffusing inside are simulated at 300 K. The behaviour of hydrogen molecules inside CNTs is analysed using mean-square displacements and velocity autocorrelation functions. From the quantum mechanical approach, the electronic density distribution of CNT is calculated to verify the smooth characteristics of inner surfaces of nanotubes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1245-1252
    Number of pages8
    JournalMolecular Simulation
    Volume34
    Issue number10-15
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008 Sept

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Micro Thermal System Research Center sponsored by the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation.

    Keywords

    • Carbon nanotube
    • Density functional theory
    • Molecular dynamics simulation
    • Self-diffusion coefficient of hydrogen molecules
    • Velocity autocorrelation function

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • General Chemical Engineering
    • Information Systems
    • General Materials Science
    • Modelling and Simulation

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