Improving hydrogen storage in cobalt/carbon nanotube nanocomposites using cold helium plasma irradiation

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Department of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Lorestan University, Khorramabad city

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In this article, we investigate the radiation of cold plasma composed of helium gas on the amount of hydrogen storage in cobalt/carbon nanotube nanocomposite. For this study, the solution is divided into two parts, one part of which does not receive any radiation from the plasma. For the other part, before the layers are deposited, a cold plasma consisting of helium gas is applied to the suspension consisting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. and we irradiate cobalt salt for 30 seconds, then we address the layers by electrochemical method. The results show that plasma treatment even in a short period like 30 seconds increases the hydrogen desorption capacity by creating defects and active groups on the surface of nanotubes that are favorable for hydrogen storage.

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Journal of Research on Many-body Systems
Volume 14, Issue 2 - Serial Number 41
2024 summer
August 2024
Pages 1-13

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  • Receive Date: 13 March 2024
  • Revise Date: 17 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 20 May 2024

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