OPEN ACCESS
Nickel nanoparticles were deposited on multiwall carbon nanotubes (Ni-MWCNT) in a single step by electroless plating technique. The effect of bath composition on the resulting nanoparticles was examined by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. To improve nickel dispersion a surface treatment was made to raw MWCNT. Hydrogen storage measurements were determined at 77 K and atmospheric pressure and also at 303 K in the pressure range of 0.1 to 5 MPa. Results show that highly dispersed nickel nanoparticles were deposited on the external MWCNT wall using hydrazine as reducing agent. Surface modifications help to improve hydrogen storage. For Ni-MWCNT hydrogen storage was increased two times compared to raw MWCNT at 303 K and 5 MPa.
Carbon Nanotubes, nickel, electroless, Hydrogen storage
To CONACYT for the financial support through the project 4777 No. 47776, to Roal Torres and Manuel Román from CIMAV for their help in the experimental part.
[1] Louis Schlapbahc and Andreas Züttle. Nature, 414, 353 (2001).
[2] Yuda Yürüm, Alpay Taralp, T. Nejat Veziroglu. Int. J. Hydrogen Energ., 34, 3784 (2009).
[3] Elena David. J. Mater. Process. Tech.162, 169 (2005).
[4] R. Ströbel, J. Garche, P.T. Moseley, L. Jörissen, G. Wolf. J. Power Sources, 159, 781 (2006).
[5] Lueking A, Yang R.T., J Catal., 206, 165 (2002).
[6] Yildirim T, Ciraci S. Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 175501 (2005).
[7] Zacharia R, Rather S-U, Hwang SW, Nahm KS. Chem. Phys. Lett., 286, 434 (2007).
[8] Lueking A, Yang RT. AIChE J., 49, 1556 (2003).
[9] M. Zielinski, R.Wojcieszak, S. Monteverdi, M. Mercy, M.M. Bettahar Int. J. Hydrogen Energ., 32, 1024 (2007).
[10] Sami-ullah Rather, Renju Zacharia, Sang Woon Hwang, Meharj-ud-din Naik, Kee Suk Nahm. Chem. Phys. Lett., 441, 261 (2007).
[11] Hyun-Seok Kim, Ho Lee, Kyu-Sung Han, Jin-Ho Kim, Min-Sang Song, Min-Sik Park,Jai-Young Lee, and Jeung-Ku Kang. J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 8983 (2005).
[12] Angela Lueking and Ralph T. Yang. J. Catal., 206, 165 (2002).
[13] G.O. Mallory, J.B. Hajdu. Electroless Plating: Fundamentals and Applications, American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society (AESF), N. Y. 1990.
[14] S. Haag, M. Burgard, B. Ernst. Surf. Coat. Tech., 201, 2166 (2006).
[15] E. Raymundo-Piñero , D. Cazorla-Amorós, A. Linares-Solano, S. Delpeux, E. Frackowiak , K. Szostak , F. Béguin. Carbon, 40, 1614 (2002).
[16] F.Z. Kong, X.B. Zhang, W.Q. Xiong, F. Liu, W.Z. Huang, Y.L. Sun, J.P. Tu, X.W. Chen. Surf. Coat. Tech., 155, 33 (2002).
[17] Li-Ming Ang, T.S. Andy Hor, Guo-Qin Xu, Chih-hang Tung, Siping Zhao, and John L.S. Wang. Chem. Mater., 11, 2115 (1999).
[18] Haijun Zhang, Xiangwei Wu, Quanli Jia, Xiaolin Jia. Mater. Des., 28, 1360 (2007).
[19] L. Zubizarreta, J.A. Menéndez, J.J. Pis, A. Arenilla. Int. J. Hydrogen Energ., 24, 3070 (2009).
[20] Peng-Xiang Hou, Shi-Tao Xu, Zhe Ying, Quan-Hong Yang, C. Liu, Hui-Ming Cheng. Carbon, 41, 2471 (2003).
[21] Lifeng Wang, Frances H. Yang and Ralph T. Yang, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 48 (2009) 2920.
[22] Anthony J. Lachawiec, Jr., Gongshing Qi, and Ralph T. Yang. Langmuir, 21, 11418 (2005).
[23] Renju Zacharia, Keun Young Kim, A.K.M. Fazle Kibria, Kee Suk Nahm. Chem. Phys. Lett., 412, 369 (2005).
[24] M. Sankaran, B. Viswanathan. Carbon, 45, 1628 (2007).
[25] Sami-ullah Rather, Naik Mehraj-ud-din, Renju Zacharia, Sang Wood Hwang, Ae Rahn Ki, Kee Suk Nahm. Int. J. Hydrogen Energ., 34, 961 (2009).