Effects of nitrogen plasma treatments on hydrogen storage capacity of microporous carbon at room temperature and its feasibility as a hydrogen storage material

So Soon Hyeong; Seongmin Ha (Ha Seongmin); Min Chung Gi; Young‑Seak Lee (이영석); Park Chong Rae

doi:10.1007/s42823-023-00524-0

Effects of nitrogen plasma treatments on hydrogen storage capacity of microporous carbon at room temperature and its feasibility as a hydrogen storage material

Carbon Letters
Abbr : Carbon Lett.
2023, 33(4), pp.1027~1034
DOI : 10.1007/s42823-023-00524-0
Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
Received : March 2, 2023
Accepted : April 30, 2023
Published : June 1, 2023

So Soon Hyeong ¹, Seongmin Ha ², Min Chung Gi ², Young‑Seak Lee ³, Park Chong Rae ¹

¹Seoul National University
²Chungnam National University
³Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University

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ABSTRACT

For the commercialization of hydrogen energy, a technology enabling safe storage and the transport of large amounts of hydrogen is needed. Porous materials are attracting attention as hydrogen storage material; however, their gravimetric hydrogen storage capacity (GHSC) at room temperature (RT) is insufficient for actual use. In an effort to overcome this limitation, we present a N-doped microporous carbon that contains large proportion of micropores with diameters below 1 nm and small amounts of N elements imparted by the nitrogen plasma treatment. The N-doped microporous carbon exhibits the highest total GHSC (1.59 wt%) at RT, and we compare the hydrogen storage capacities of our sample with those of metal alloys, showing their advantages and disadvantages as hydrogen storage materials.

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Hydrogen storage N-doped porous carbon Nitrogen plasma Sub-1 nm

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