Hydrogen storage behaviors of Ni-doped graphene Oxide/MIL-101 hybrid composites

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2013 Jan;13(1):443-7. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2013.6930.

Abstract

In this work, Ni-doped graphene oxide/MIL-101 hybrid composites (Ni--GO/MIL) were prepared to investigate their hydrogen storage behaviors. Ni--GO/MIL was synthesized by adding Ni--GO in situ during the synthesis of MIL-101 using a hydrothermal process, which was conducted by conventional convection heating with Cr(III) ion as a metal center and telephthalic acid as organic ligands. The crystalline structures and morphologies were measured by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively. The specific surface area and micropore volume were investigated by N2/77 K adsorption isotherms using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method and Dubinin-Radushkevic (D-R) equation, respectively. The hydrogen storage capacity was investigated by BEL-HP at 77 K and 1 bar. The obtained results show that Ni--GO/MIL presents new directions for achieving novel hybrid materials with higher hydrogen storage capacity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Absorption
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen / isolation & purification*
  • Materials Testing
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure*
  • Nickel / chemistry*
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Particle Size

Substances

  • Oxides
  • Graphite
  • Nickel
  • Hydrogen