DFT study of hydrogen interaction with transition metal doped graphene for efficient hydrogen storage: effect of d-orbital occupancy and Kubas interaction

• Published in: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 2022-12, Vol.25 (1), p.262-273
• Main Authors: Raja, Karthick, Anusuya, T, Kumar, Vivek
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adsorption; Binding energy; Charge density; Copper; Density distribution; Density functional theory; Density of states; Electron density; Gold; Graphene; Hydrogen; Hydrogen storage; Hydrogen-based energy; Iron; Silver; Stability analysis; Transition metals
• ISSN: 1463-9076; 1463-9084
• DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03794g

Hydrogen adsorption on pristine graphene (PG), graphene with defect (GD), and transition metal (TM) (Ag, Au, Cu, and Fe) doped graphene is systematically investigated for potential hydrogen storage using density functional theory. The stability of the TM atom doped graphene has been analysed by studying the binding energy and the electron density distribution. The TM atom-doped GD shows better binding energy and electron density overlap than PG; therefore, the TM/GD system has been considered and analysed for hydrogen adsorption. The hydrogen adsorption property is studied by examining the adsorption energy, mode of H 2 , density of states (DOS), charge density difference, and Löwdin charges before and after adsorption to find a better TM/GD system for hydrogen storage. The Fe/GD system shows higher hydrogen adsorption energy and hydrogen in its stable Kubas mode. Furthermore, two to five H 2 molecule adsorption and desorption is studied. The increase in the number of H 2 , which changes the DOS at the Fermi level, suggests that one can predict H 2 concentration by measuring conductivity changes. The present work is focused on studying the interaction between H 2 and TM/GD systems, which will help understand the basic adsorption mechanism for practical hydrogen storage. Interaction and adsorption energy of H 2 in transition metal doped graphene systems.