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A Study of Hydrogen Accumulation in Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes by Electrochemical Techniques

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Accumulation of electrolytic hydrogen in alkaline medium (5 M KOH) by multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) 20–60 nm in inner diameter and 2 μm in length obtained by catalytic pyrolysis of propane/butane mixture has been studied by means of the electrochemical diffusion technique, cyclic voltammetry, and impedance spectroscopy. MWCNTs were applied on a steel membrane and were encapsulated by a 10-nm electrolytic nickel layer. Cyclic voltammograms were recorded in the range of potentials from −1.2 to +0.2 V and contained a current peak in the cathode region corresponding to hydrogen absorption by nanotubes at −0.9 V and current peak in the anode region corresponding to oxidation of absorbed hydrogen at −0.6 V. Hydrogen storage capacity of MWCNTs varies from 4.6 to 6.5% depending on the amount of nanotubes according to electrochemical diffusion data. The electrochemical impedance data correlate with the results of the above methods.

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  1. Derzhavin Tambov State University, ul. Internatsional’naya 33, Tambov, 392000, Russia

    L. E. Tsygankova & A. A. Zvereva

  2. All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Technics and Oil Products Usage in Agriculture, per. Novo-Rubezhnyi 28, Tambov, 392022, Russia

    V. I. Vigdorovich

  3. Perm State University, Bukireva ul. 15, Perm, 614990, Russia

    V. I. Kichigin

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Original Russian Text © L.E. Tsygankova, V.I. Vigdorovich, A.A. Zvereva, V.I. Kichigin, 2016, published in Fizikokhimiya Poverkhnosti i Zashchita Materialov, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 142–149.

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Tsygankova, L.E., Vigdorovich, V.I., Zvereva, A.A. et al. A Study of Hydrogen Accumulation in Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes by Electrochemical Techniques. Prot Met Phys Chem Surf 52, 211–217 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070205116020301

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