Hydrogen storage on metal decorated pristine siligene and metal decorated boron-doped siligene

Abstract

In this work, two schemes were studied to improve hydrogen storage on metal decorated two-dimensional siligene (SiGe). In the first one, Li-, Sc- and Ti atoms are adsorbed on pristine siligene monolayer (SiGeML), while in the second scheme Li-, Sc- and Ti atoms decorated B-doped siligene monolayer (BSiGeML). The results show that boron doping improves the interaction between metal atom and SiGeML. The numerical results indicate that H2 molecules are slightly physisorbed on the Li atom, while they are strongly physisorbed on Sc- and Ti-decorated monolayers. The Sc-decorated BSiGeML and Sc-decorated SiGeML have the highest hydrogen storage capacity, both systems were capable of storing five H2 molecules, whereas Li- and Ti-decorated BSiGeML and Ti-decorated SiGeML can adsorb up to four H2 molecules. SiGeML and BSiGeML decorated with Sc atoms could have potential as efficient hydrogen molecular storage media.