Research Article

Characterization and Hydrogen Storage of Surface-Modified Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Fuel Cell Application

Table 1

Comparison of literatures and the present work on the hydrogen adsorption capacity of Ti-doped NaAlH4 or Ti-NaAlH4-doped CNTs composites.

SamplesAdsorption conditionsH2 adsorption capacity (wt%)

NaAlH4 + 3 mol% Ti + 1 mol% Fe [29]473 K and 1 atm4.3
NaAlH4 + 4 mol% Ti [25]423 K and 1 atm3.5
NaAlH4 + 2 mol% Ti + 5 wt% Al + 10 wt% MWCNTs (SWCNTs) [54]473 K and 1 atm3.9 (4.2)
NaAlH4 + 8 mol% MWCNTs [31]433 K and 1 atm4.2
TiO2-doped MWCNTs [51]298 K and 18 atm0.4
Ti-coated SWCNTs [55] (first-principle total-energy calculations)200–900 K and 1 atm5.0–8.0
4 wt% Ti-NaAlH4 + 5 wt% MWCNTs (this work)425 K and 30 atm3.8