Study of hydrogen storage by carbonaceous material at room temperature

Recently, many studies have been reported about a variety of carbon materials in adsorbing hydrogen. Regarding that, hydrogen adsorption in different carbonaceous materials was investigated at room temperature, 298 K and three different pressures which were 6.5, 8.5 and 9.5 bar. Pressure drop of hydrogen was measured and the amount it adsorbed was calculated by using ideal gas law and it was presented in weight percent, wt.%. In this paper, the effect of a purification process on hydrogen adsorption was also discussed. Along with that, pretreatment also gave a major influence in hydrogen adsorption because it affected the adsorption behavior of the carbon nanotubes surfaces. The highest result obtained during this work was 0.195 wt.% for purified carbon nanotubes. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved