WO2003085178A1 - Nanotubes de carbone a paroi simple dopee par un metal et procede de production correspondant - Google Patents

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WO2003085178A1
WO2003085178A1 PCT/US2002/012761 US0212761W WO03085178A1 WO 2003085178 A1 WO2003085178 A1 WO 2003085178A1 US 0212761 W US0212761 W US 0212761W WO 03085178 A1 WO03085178 A1 WO 03085178A1
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  • This invention relates to single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and more specifically to metal-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes and the production thereof.
  • SWNTs single-walled carbon nanotubes
  • Hydrogen is a potentially significant source of "clean" energy. That is, hydrogen reacts with oxygen to generate energy while producing water instead of the pollutants typically associated with the combustion of fossil fuels.
  • the widespread use of hydrogen as an energy source requires its efficient, safe, and cost-effective storage.
  • SWNTs Single-walled carbon nanotubes
  • SWNTs may be used for, among other uses, reversibly storing hydrogen.
  • SWNTs are well-known and generally comprise single layer tubes or cylinders in which a single layer of carbon is arranged in the form of a linear fullerene.
  • Crude or low-purity SWNTs may be produced according to well-known processes such as arc discharge and chemical vapor deposition (CVD).
  • SWNTs produced according to arc discharge processes tend to include graphite and/or graphite encapsulated metals, while SWNTs produced according to CVD processes tend to include other extraneous chemical compounds.
  • Pure or easily purified SWNTs may also be produced according to other well-known processes, such as refined laser vaporization.
  • SWNTs Metal-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes
  • An embodiment of a method for doping SWNTs with metal may include the steps of: combining the SWNTs and metal in a solution, and mixing the solution to incorporate at least a
  • Another embodiment of a method for doping SWNTs with metal may comprise the steps of: providing a solvent, introducing the SWNTs into the solvent, introducing a metal into the solvent, and mixing the metal and the SWNTs in the solvent at least until a portion of the metal is incorporated with the SWNTs.
  • Another embodiment of a method for doping SWNTs with metal may comprise heating a
  • SWNT precursor material at low pressure in the presence of the metal until at least a portion of the metal is incorporated therein.
  • Yet other methods for doping SWNTs with metal may comprise dry mechanical mixing of the SWNT precursor material and metal with one another, and evaporation or sputter deposition
  • Figure 1 is a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of metal-doped SWNT product
  • FIG. 2 shows a temperature programmed desorption (TPD) spectra for a metal-doped SWNT product charged with hydrogen in comparison to a Ti-6A1-4V sample, a graphite powder sample, and a purified, mechanically cut SWNT sample, each also having been charged with hydrogen;
  • TTD temperature programmed desorption
  • Figure 3 shows a TPD spectra of a metal-doped SWNT product in comparison with the hydrogen and carbon dioxide signals after exposure to air;
  • Figure 4 shows a TPD spectra of a metal-doped SWNT product in comparison with an alloy sample
  • Figure 5 shows a TPD spectra of a metal-doped SWNT product in comparison with an alloy sample.
  • SWNTs Metal -doped single-walled carbon nanotubes
  • production thereof is shown and described herein according to preferred embodiments of the invention.
  • SWNTs have been studied for their hydrogen storage characteristics. However, only modest hydrogen adsorption has been shown to occur according to reproducible techniques. Although SWNTs have been shown to exhibit more significant hydrogen storage capacities, these are typically under extreme conditions (e.g., cryogenic temperatures). Therefore, it is desirable to reliably produce SWNTs for reversibly storing hydrogen at ambient conditions with low energy input requirements.
  • metal-doped SWNTs may be produced for reversibly storing hydrogen.
  • One such embodiment for producing metal-doped SWNTs may include the steps of: combining SWNT precursor material and metal in a solution, and mixing the solution to incorporate at least a portion of the metal with the SWNT precursor material, thereby forming metal-doped SWNTs.
  • Another embodiment for producing metal-doped SWNTs may comprise the steps of: providing a solvent, introducing SWNT precursor material into the solvent, introducing a metal into the solvent, and mixing the metal and the SWNT precursor material in the solvent at least until a portion of the metal is incorporated with the SWNT precursor material.
  • Yet other embodiments for producing metal-doped SWNTs may comprise incorporating metal in a SWNT precursor material by vaporization/evaporation techniques.
  • such an embodiment may comprise heating a SWNT precursor material at low pressure in the presence of the metal until at least a portion of the metal is incorporated therein.
  • Still other embodiments for producing metal-doped SWNTs may comprise mixing, and evaporation or sputter deposition techniques.
  • the steps described with respect to the foregoing embodiments could be performed in other sequences since the order of the steps is not critical in achieving the objects and advantages of the present invention.
  • the metal may be introduced to the solvent prior to introducing the SWNT precursor material.
  • the metal and the SWNT precursor material may be introduced simultaneously. Consequently, the present invention should not be regarded as limited to performing the steps in any particular order.
  • a significant advantage of the metal-doped SWNTs produced according to embodiments of the invention is the relatively high hydrogen storage capacity of these SWNTs.
  • hydrogen adsorption and desorption occurs with relatively low energy input requirements, and advantageously, under ambient conditions.
  • the source or precursor material for producing metal-doped SWNTs may comprise crude and/or purified SWNTs.
  • the SWNT precursor material, or SWNT soot may be synthesized according to any of a number of well-known techniques. These techniques include, by way of example, pulsed laser vaporization, chemical vapor deposition and arc-generation. Where it is desirable to use purified SWNTs, the raw SWNTs may be purified according to well-known purification techniques (e.g., by acid reflux, filtering, and/or washing). However, it is understood that the invention is not limited to use with a pure or purified
  • SWNT precursor material and the metal-doped SWNTs may also be produced using impure SWNT precursor material.
  • the SWNT precursor material and a metal and/or metal alloy may be introduced into a solvent, such as a nitric acid solution.
  • the SWNT precursor material and the metal are preferably mixed in the solvent at least long enough for a portion of the metal to be incorporated with the SWNT precursor material.
  • the SWNT precursor material may be placed in a nitric acid solution and sonicated using a metal probe (e.g., a Ti-6A1-4V probe).
  • the metal is introduced into the solution from the metal probe itself during sonication (e.g., by partially fragmenting and/or dissolving therein).
  • prolonged sonication may damage the metal -doped SWNT product, sonication times of 20 minutes to 24 hours at powers ranging from 25- 250 W/cm 2 results in only moderate cutting of the metal-doped SWNTs.
  • the metal and/or metal alloy may be incorporated into the SWNTs by vaporization/evaporation of the metal in the presence of the SWNT precursor material.
  • the metal is preferably heated in the presence of the SWNT precursor material at least to the vaporization temperature of the metal in a vacuum, at least long enough for a portion of the metal to be incorporated with the SWNT precursor material.
  • the SWNT precursor material may be placed in a metal packet (e.g., aluminum or aluminum alloy) and resistively heated to the vaporization temperature of the metal (e.g., about 1100°C for aluminum) in a vacuum of about 10 "5 or 10 "6 mTorr. At least a portion of the metal from the metal packet evaporates and is introduced into the SWNT.
  • the metal may be introduced by vaporization of the metal from a powder form. In such an embodiment, the SWNT precursor material need not necessarily be heated.
  • SWNT precursor material and the metal and/or metal alloy may be mechanically mixed until the desired proportion of metal is introduced with the SWNT.
  • the metal may be introduced by the well-known technique of sputtering deposition.
  • any suitable SWNT precursor material may be used according to the teachings of the invention.
  • any suitable metal and/or metal alloy may be used according to the teachings of the invention.
  • the metal may comprise pure metal, metal alloys, solids, organometallic precursor materials (e.g., Ti-isopropoxide or Fe-hexacarbonyl), etc.
  • the selection of a SWNT precursor material and/or metal based on the properties thereof will depend on the desired characteristics of the metal-doped SWNT product.
  • FIG. 1 is an image of cut, single-wall carbon nanotube material 10 produced by a transmission electron microscope in a process generically referred to as transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Bundles of small fragments of the cut SWNTs as well as metal nano- particles are readily seen in the TEM image in FIG. 1. These bundles comprise numerous tubes with lengths of less than one micron.
  • TEM transmission electron microscopy
  • the metal-doped SWNT material produced according to the method of the present invention may be further characterized in accordance with any of a wide range of analysis techniques that are now known in the art or that may be developed in the future that are suitable for determining the metal content thereof.
  • x-ray diffraction of the metal-doped SWNT material may be used to confirm the presence of metal in the metal-doped SWNT product (e.g., the presence of Ti-6A1-4V following sonication).
  • thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) of the metal-doped SWNT product may be used to determine the metal content in the metal-doped SWNT product.
  • TGA analysis of the metal- doped SWNT product produced according to the method of the invention showed that the metal alloy content in samples sonicated for at least 16 hours ranged from 15 wt% to 65 wt%. However, not all of the incorporated metal alloy is active. To illustrate this, a density extraction of the metal alloy was employed to remove the larger micro-crystalline particles, without affecting the hydrogen adsorption properties thereof.
  • the metal-doped SWNT product may be used for reversibly storing hydrogen.
  • the metal-doped SWNT product may be charged with hydrogen as follows.
  • the metal-doped SWNT product may be initially degassed by heating the metal-doped SWNT product in a vacuum.
  • the metal-doped SWNT product may be heated to temperatures of about 823 to 973 degrees K at a ramp rate of about 1 degree K/second (K/sec) in a vacuum of about 10 "7 torr.
  • K/sec degree K/second
  • the metal-doped SWNT product may then be exposed to hydrogen for adsorption thereof.
  • the metal-doped SWNT product may be exposed to hydrogen at room temperature for about one minute at pressures of about 10 to 550 torr to charge the metal-doped SWNT product with hydrogen.
  • the scope of the invention is not, however, limited to any particular temperature and/or pressure range. Indeed, in other examples, partial hydrogen coverage of the metal-doped SWNT product was observed following hydrogen exposure at only 10 mtorr. In addition, the hydrogen adsorption of the metal-doped SWNT product depends on a number of factors, and may in fact be "finely tuned” by varying the SWNT tube types as well as the amount and type of metal incorporated into the metal-doped SWNT product.
  • the hydrogen adsorption characteristics of the metal-doped SWNT product produced according to the method of the present invention may be determined in accordance with any of a wide range of analysis techniques that are now known in the art or that may be developed in the future that are suitable for such analysis.
  • temperature programmed desorption is a well-known technique for characterizing surface reactions and molecular adsorption. According to this technique, the sample is heated in a controlled manner while recording the evolution of various species from the sample to the gas phase. TPD measures desorbing species and enables the determination of both capacity and binding-site energetics. That is, the data comprises the intensity variation of each recorded mass fragment as a function of time and temperature, as shown for example in FIG. 2.
  • the area under the peak is proportional to the amount of the various species that was adsorbed on the sample.
  • the position of the peak is related to the strength of the surface adsorption.
  • the TPD instrument may be readily calibrated by integrating the hydrogen mass signals observed for the thermal decomposition of known amounts of CaH 2 , TiH 2 , or palladium hydride.
  • the metal-doped SWNT sample may be cooled to 90 degrees K prior to evacuation of the TPD chamber to ensure that the hydrogen, which is weakly stable at room temperature, remains on the metal-doped SWNT sample while the hydrogen over-pressure is evacuated and allows the TPD chamber to be quickly evacuated to a base pressure of about 5X10 "8 torr.
  • the TPD spectrum 12 showing hydrogen signals for an ultrasonically-cut, degassed, metal- doped SWNT sample following brief exposure to 500 torr of hydrogen at room temperature is shown in FIG. 2.
  • the hydrogen TPD spectrum 12 displays two separate peaks at about 370 degrees
  • the results indicate the presence of the two types of hydrogen adsorption sites. Integrating under the curve 12 indicates that the hydrogen adsorption capacity for the metal- doped SWNT sample corresponds to 6.5 wt% on a total sample weight basis.
  • the hydrogen adsorption capacity at the low temperature site e.g., 370 degrees K
  • the hydrogen in the low-temperature site was completely removed by heating the sample to 423 degrees K for several minutes.
  • the hydrogen from the higher temperature site was not evolved until the sample was heated between about 475 degrees K and about 850 degrees K.
  • the total hydrogen adsorption capacity of the metal-doped SWNT material produced according to the teachings of the invention may vary based on design considerations.
  • design considerations may include, for example, the SWNT material, the metal alloy, the sonication power, sonication time, the hydro-dynamics of the sonication vessel and the sample degas temperature, etc. Adjustments in these parameters may also affect the temperature and relative intensity of the hydrogen desorption signal(s).
  • the effect of the metal in the metal-doped SWNT on hydrogen adsorption may be characterized by comparing the TPD spectrum 12 (FIG. 2) of the metal-doped SWNT to the TPD spectrum 18 (FIG. 2) of a purified SWNT that is mechanically cut (e.g., by grinding with a mortar and pestle) but does not have any metal incorporated therein.
  • the TPD spectrum 18 of the purified SWNT indicates that hydrogen is also adsorbed at the low-temperature site (e.g., at about 350 degrees K).
  • the low temperature hydrogen adsorption site of the metal-doped SWNT e.g., shown at about 370 degrees K on spectrum 12 in FIG. 2 may be populated by any process that produces cutting and/or opening of the SWNT material, and hydrogen adsorption at this site is not necessarily assisted by the metal incorporated therein.
  • the TPD spectrum 18 (FIG. 2) of the purified SWNT does not show any hydrogen adsorption at the high temperature sites (e.g., at about 630 degrees K on spectrum 12 in FIG. 2). Accordingly, hydrogen adsorption at the high temperature sites of the metal-doped SWNT may be assisted by the metal incorporated therein.
  • metal hydrides e.g., Ti-6A1-4V
  • a dissolved phase is formed at low hydrogen concentrations with higher levels giving rise to complex compound formation (e.g., TiH 2 ).
  • the metal alloy may enable the dissociation of hydrogen molecules to facilitate the formation of carbon-hydrogen bonds.
  • the presence and effect of carbon-hydrogen bond formation on the adsorption of hydrogen by the metal-doped SWNT product may be probed further according to transmission infrared (IR) absorption spectroscopy techniques using thin films of nanotubes prepared on silicon (Si) substrates. Carbon-hydrogen stretches were observed on nanotubes that had been purified and cut, but there was not a drastic change in the C-H population after the same samples were exposed to hydrogen. Hence, the large amount of stored hydrogen is likely not "chemisorbed" in the traditional sense.
  • IR transmission infrared
  • the role of the metal alloy may be to provide local thermal energy.
  • the exothermic incorporation of hydrogen into the alloy may locally enhance the amplitudes of carbon atom vibrations and thus accentuate the sp 3 character of the wall atoms.
  • hydrogen molecules may be transported along the tube axes as the sp 3 structure is "zipped" down the tube length. Conditions may be most favorable for this behavior at points where cuts in the tube wall were in close proximity to metal alloy particles.
  • the samples are stable to cycling with no apparent degradation when the vacuum is relatively clean and the sample temperature does not exceed about 825 degrees K, indicating only a partial charge transfer rather than dissociative adsorption.
  • the metal-doped SWNTs produced according to embodiments of the method of the invention are air-stable. That is, after the metal-doped SWNTs have been charged with hydrogen, the hydrogen does not desorb and instead remains on the metal- doped SWNTs even after being exposed to air. After being exposed to air for one day, only small quantities of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and water (H 2 O) (less than l/50 th of the adsorbed hydrogen) are adsorbed onto the metal-doped SWNTs, as may be determined by TPD analysis.
  • the metal-doped SWNT product that is first exposed to air, and particularly the carbon dioxide component thereof, may be unusable for hydrogen storage.
  • the carbon dioxide may adsorb onto the metal-doped SWNT product and prohibit subsequent hydrogen adsorption.
  • a metal-doped SWNT product produced according to the method of the invention was exposed to carbon dioxide for 10 minutes at 500 torr and room temperature and then exposed to hydrogen. TPD analysis of the exposed metal-doped SWNT revealed only a carbon dioxide signal and no hydrogen signal, thus indicating that hydrogen adsorption is completely blocked by the prior carbon dioxide exposure.
  • the carbon dioxide may only adsorb to binding sites at the mouths of open tubes or facets of cut bundles, significant hydrogen adsorption requires that the hydrogen permeate the internal volumes of SWNT bundles. Therefore, hydrogen adsorption may be effectively blocked by prior carbon dioxide exposure. Alternatively, the metal may be deactivated by the carbon dioxide and therefore no longer facilitate hydrogen adsorption on the SWNTs.
  • carbon dioxide may hinder hydrogen desorption if it is dosed onto the metal- doped SWNT after it has been charged with hydrogen.
  • exposure of the metal- doped SWNT product that has been charged with hydrogen may be effectively "capped” to facilitate the handling of bulk quantities of SWNTs in hydrogen storage and gas separation applications.
  • metal-doped SWNT samples were produced according to the method of the invention and exposed to hydrogen at 500 torr and 273 degrees K without any subsequent cooling and analyzed by TPD analysis.
  • the spectrum 20 (FIG. 3) of the metal-doped SWNT samples that were analyzed immediately following hydrogen exposure show two peaks at about 420 degrees K and 602 degrees K.
  • a metal-doped SWNT sample was exposed to carbon dioxide at room temperature, 500 torr for ten minutes following hydrogen exposure and also analyzed by TPD analysis.
  • the carbon dioxide signal (spectrum 22 in FIG. 3) at 400 degrees K shows a small population of adso ⁇ tion sites on the metal- doped SWNT sample.
  • the TPD analysis of the carbon dioxide-exposed, metal-doped SWNT sample indicates that the carbon dioxide desorbs from the metal-doped SWNT product at lower temperatures and impedes the deso ⁇ tion of hydrogen therefrom, as shown by the hydrogen deso ⁇ tion signal (spectrum 24 in FIG. 3) which is shifted to a higher temperature by about 50 degrees K.
  • This small population of carbon dioxide adso ⁇ tion may block the deso ⁇ tion of hydrogen until a significant portion of the carbon dioxide has already left the sample.
  • the metal- doped SWNT product that is capped using carbon dioxide according to these embodiments of the method may remained charged with hydrogen for at least six months.
  • the SWNT precursor material may be made according to any suitable technique, now known or later developed. These techniques may include, but are not limited to, chemical vapor deposition, arc-generation, and laser-vaporization. Likewise, the SWNT precursor material may be pure or impure. In addition, any number of other suitable metals, and the amounts thereof, may be used according to the teachings of the invention to control the amount of hydrogen adso ⁇ tion and/or the hydrogen deso ⁇ tion temperature of the metal-doped SWNT product.
  • the metal(s) may include, but are not limited to a titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloy (e.g., Ti-6A1-4V), a titanium-iron alloy (e.g., Ti-Fe), titanium (Ti), magnesium (Mg), palladium (Pd), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), iron (Fe), and organo-metallic compounds, to name but a few.
  • a titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloy e.g., Ti-6A1-4V
  • a titanium-iron alloy e.g., Ti-Fe
  • titanium (Ti) titanium
  • Pd palladium
  • Ta tantalum
  • Ta tantalum
  • W tungsten
  • Fe iron
  • organo-metallic compounds organo-metallic compounds
  • the metal may be added to solution and inco ⁇ orated into the SWNT precursor material by sonication without a sonic probe, and/or by mechanical mixing methods, sputtering, evaporation, etc.
  • any number of a variety of solvents, ranging from polar to non-polar, may be used according to the teachings of the invention.
  • High temperature annealing may also be employed either before or after the metal inco ⁇ oration to increase the degree of cutting of the SWNTs, and thereby enhance the hydrogen storage characteristics thereof.
  • SWNT soot (i.e., SWNT precursor material) was synthesized using a well-known pulsed laser vaporization technique that is described in more detail by T. Guo, P. Nikolaev, A. Thess, D. T. Colbert, and R.E. Smalley, in Chemical Physics Letters 243, 49-54 (1995). More specifically, the technique employed for this example included the use of a single Nd: YAG laser (1064 nm) rastered across a 1.2 at % metal-doped (50:50 Co/Ni) pressed graphite target in a quartz tube heated to 1200 degrees Celsius (C). An argon flow of 100 seem at 500 torr was maintained through the reaction vessel during the synthesis. The laser was operated at a frequency of 10 Hz at about 10 to 30 J/pulse- cm 2 with a pulse width of about 450 ns. The SWNT soot produced according to this method had a diameter of about 1.1-1.4 nm.
  • SWNT soot was purified by refluxing it in 3 molar (M) nitric acid for 16 hours, filtering it, and washing the filtered product with de-ionized water and then oxidizing it in air for 30 minutes at 825 degrees K. Care was taken to avoid both forming graphite-encapsulated metal particles and inco ⁇ orating sputtered target material into the collected soot.
  • the combined laser synthesis and purification process resulted in SWNTs that were at least 98 wt% pure.
  • SWNT precursor material weighing about 1-3 milligrams (mg) was placed in 20 (milliliters) mL of 5M nitric acid and sonicated with a Heat Systems-Ultrasonics Inc. model w-220 degrees F Cell Disrupter with a Ti-6A1-4V probe for 16 hours. This process resulted in large-scale cutting and an increased average bundle diameter of the SWNT material.
  • x-ray diffraction confirmed Ti-6A1-4V in the metal-doped SWNT product following sonication. TGA analysis of the metal-doped SWNT product during combustion of the carbon fraction in flowing air indicated that it contained about 15 wt% Ti-6A1-4V.
  • All of the samples were initially degassed in a vacuum of about 10 "7 torr by heating the samples to temperatures between about 823 and 973 degrees K at 1 K/sec.
  • the metal-doped SWNT product was charged with hydrogen by exposure to hydrogen at room temperature for about one minute at pressures between about 10 and 550 torr. At ambient pressure and room temperature, the metal-doped SWNTs were charged with about 3.0 to 8.0 wt% hydrogen.
  • the hydrogen-charged, metal-doped SWNT product was characterized using a temperature programmed deso ⁇ tion (TPD) technique discussed in greater detail in A. C. Dillon, et al., Nature 386, 377-379 (1997) and A. C. Dillon, et al., Carbon Nanotube Materials for Hydrogen Storage, Proceedings of the U.S. DOE Hydrogen Program Review, Coral Gables, FL (1995).
  • TPD temperature programmed deso ⁇ tion
  • the TPD spectrum 12 showing hydrogen signals for an ultrasonically-cut, degassed, metal- doped SWNT sample following brief exposure to 500 torr of hydrogen at room temperature is shown in FIG. 2.
  • the hydrogen TPD spectrum 12 displays two separate peaks at about 370 degrees K and at about 630 degrees K. Hence, the results indicate the presence of the two types of hydrogen adso ⁇ tion sites. Integrating under the curve 12 indicates that the hydrogen adso ⁇ tion capacity for the metal-doped SWNT sample corresponds to 6.5 wt% on a total sample weight basis.
  • the hydrogen adso ⁇ tion capacity at the low temperature site e.g., 370 degrees K
  • the hydrogen in the low-temperature site was completely removed by heating the sample to 423 degrees K for several minutes.
  • the hydrogen from the higher temperature site was not evolved until the sample was heated between about 475 degrees K and 850 degrees K.
  • Raman spectroscopy may also be used to ascertain certain properties of the metal-doped SWNT produced according to the method of the invention.
  • Raman spectroscopy is an established analytical technique that provides highly accurate and definitive results.
  • Raman spectroscopy methods may be used to determine the intensity and position of the tangential carbon displacement modes at various steps in the pretreatment and hydrogen adso ⁇ tion process. A small shift in the tangential band coupled with a loss in intensity following hydrogen adso ⁇ tion indicates a partial charge transfer from the SWNTs to the adsorbed hydrogen molecules.
  • the metal-doped SWNT product involved measuring a Ti-6A1-4N alloy to determine the uptake by the SW ⁇ T fraction of the metal-doped SW ⁇ T product.
  • the alloy sample was collected from the ultrasonic probe after sonicating for 16 hours in 5M nitric acid without the addition of any SW ⁇ T material and analyzed according to the same TPD technique, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the TPD spectrum 14 exhibits two deso ⁇ tion peaks at 345 and 560 degrees K that are similar to those found in the alloy-doped SW ⁇ T sample, but occur at slightly lower temperatures.
  • a purified SWNT sample was mechanically cut by grinding with a mortar and pestle.
  • the TPD spectrum 18 is similar to that observed when arc-generated material was opened by self-oxidation during degassing.
  • the low temperature hydrogen adso ⁇ tion sites may be populated by any process that produces cutting and/or opening, and access to this site does not necessarily require the functionality of the metal alloy.
  • Fe-Ti was inco ⁇ orated into the SWNT precursor material by sonicating the metal hydride and the SWNT precursor material at a 1:2 ratio, respectively, in toluene for two hours.
  • the resulting metal-doped SWNT material was separately degassed to 525, 775, 975, and 1200 degrees K and then exposed to hydrogen at 500 torr and room temperature.
  • the spectra 26 shown in FIG. 4 are normalized to a one milligram sample of the metal hydride.
  • Mg was inco ⁇ orated into the SWNT precursor material by sonicating the metal hydride and the SWNT precursor material at a 1:2 ratio, respectively, in toluene for two hours.
  • the resulting metal-doped SWNT material was degassed to 775 degrees K and then exposed
  • TPD spectra 28 shown in FIG. 5 are normalized to one milligram of Mg.
  • the TPD spectra 28 indicates hydrogen deso ⁇ tion peaks for the metal-doped SWNT product at 140, 305, and 822 degrees K. Note that the hydrogen deso ⁇ tion from the Ti-6A1- 4N SW ⁇ T was observed at 345 and 560 degrees K, with respect to spectra 12 in FIG. 2. It is therefore clear that the temperature at which the hydrogen desorbs from the metal-doped SW ⁇ T
  • 50 product may be "tuned” by varying the composition of the metal hydride.
  • the pure SW ⁇ T precursor material was mixed with between about 1 and 50% Ti-6A1-4V or Pd by sonication in dilute nitric acid without the use of a sonic probe.
  • Mixing Ti-6A1-4V and the SWNT precursor material on a 1 : 1 basis resulted in metal-doped SWNT product having about a 3 wt% hydrogen adso ⁇ tion capacity.
  • Mixing Pd and the SWNT precursor material on a 1:1 basis resulted in metal-doped SWNT product having a very low temperature hydrogen deso ⁇ tion signal centered at approximately 225 degrees K attributed to the SWNT material itself, and a higher temperature deso ⁇ tion signal at approximately 375 degrees K attributed to deso ⁇ tion from the Pd itself.
  • the pure SWNT precursor material was placed in a Tantalum (Ta) metal packet comprising 100% of solid Ta metal, and resistively heated to about 1450 degrees K in a vacuum chamber (i.e., between about 10 "5 and 10 "6 Torr) for about 30 minutes.
  • a vacuum chamber i.e., between about 10 "5 and 10 "6 Torr
  • Metal-doped SWNT product was observed to be inco ⁇ orated therein by TEM analysis. The metal appeared to fill the interior cavities of the SWNTs.
  • the metal-doped SWNT product produced according to embodiments of the method of the invention exhibit unique hydrogen adso ⁇ tion properties under ambient conditions.
  • the hydrogen adso ⁇ tion capacity may be increased and/or the deso ⁇ tion temperature may be modified by cutting the SWNTs and inco ⁇ orating a metal hydride therein. Accordingly, the process of doping the SWNTs with metal is particularly advantageous for finely tuning the properties of the SWNT hydrogen storage medium. Consequently, the claimed invention represents an important development of a hydrogen storage system.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne des nanotubes de carbone à paroi simple dopée par un métal et la production de ces derniers. Selon une forme de réalisation de l'invention, les nanotubes de carbone à paroi simple dopée par le métal peuvent être produits en combinant dans une solution, une matière de précurseur de nanotube de carbone à paroi simple et un métal, puis à mélanger la solution pour incorporer au moins une partie du métal dans la matière de précurseur de nanotube de carbone à paroi simple. D'autres formes de réalisation peuvent comprendre la pulvérisation cathodique, l'évaporation et d'autres techniques de mélange.
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