Abstract
Pd nanoparticles with different sizes and diameter distributions were successfully deposited on the surface of disordered mesoporous carbon spheres (DMHCS). The size and diameter distribution of the Pd particles were controlled by the application of different experimental conditions. Two methods of synthesis (reflux and impregnation) and two Pd precursors (palladium (II) acetyloacetonate (Pd(acac)2) and palladium (II) acetate (Pd(OAc)2)) were investigated and compared for the preparation of Pd-decorated DMHCS. The hydrogen storage properties of the pristine DMHCS and Pd-modified DMHCS at 40 °C and a pressure range of 0–45 bar were studied. The results showed that Pd-supported carbon samples synthesized in the presence of Pd(OAc)2 exhibited enhanced hydrogen storage capacity in respect to the pristine DMHCS. The maximum hydrogen storage of 0.38 wt.% exhibited the sample with the Pd nanoparticle diameter distribution of 2–14 nm and the average Pd crystallite size of 7.6 nm. It was found that the Pd nanoparticle content, size, and diameter distribution have a noticeable influence on H2 storage capacity.
Highlights
In the past few decades, a variety of energy storage and conversion materials have been applied to high-powered energy devices such as lithium batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cell, and solar energy cells [1,2,3]
For Pd-I1 (Pd(acac)2, impregnation), only a trace amount of Pd nanoparticles were deposited on the surface of DMHCS
For both synthesis procedures Pd nanoparticles have been successfully deposited on DMHCS when Pd precursor was palladium (II) acetate (Pd(OAc)2) (Fig. 1g–j)
Summary
In the past few decades, a variety of energy storage and conversion materials have been applied to high-powered energy devices such as lithium batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cell, and solar energy cells [1,2,3]. There have been many studies of hydrogen adsorption which showed that H2 storage capacity is enhanced by added metal particles (Ag, Pd, Pt, Ri, Fe, Ni, and Ru) to carbon materials [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18]. This phenomenon is well known for heterogeneous catalysis and called as hydrogen spillover [6, 7]. Hydrogen storage properties of different carbon materials functionalized with metal particles such as activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, carbon
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