Abstract:
Hydrogen is a versatile, clean, and efficient energy
carrier considered as an ideal substitute for a future energy source in
the automobile industry. A metal−inorganic framework with
borazocine (BN) linker resulting in a metal−BN framework (MBF)
has been studied for hydrogen storage. Borazocine (B4N4H8) is
decorated with metals, M (Sc, Li), and studied the stability and
hydrogen storage capacity. Density functional theory with generalized
gradient approximation and Perdew−Burke−Ernzerhof functional with
double numeric polarized basis set augmented with p-function are used
to explore the structural stability, and hydrogen sorption kinetics of
metal decorated MBF. It is observed that each Sc and Li physisorbed 4
and 3 H2 molecules, respectively. The BN ring binds with metals (Sc
and Li) by Dewar coordination while the metal atoms adsorb H2 molecules by the Kubas−Niu−Rao−Jena mechanism.
Molecular dynamics simulations show that the Sc decorated MBF system is stable and the adsorbed hydrogen is reversible at
ambient conditions. The low sorption energies indicate that the Sc decorated MBF system is an ideal hydrogen storage material.
The H2 storage capacity is found to be 7.80 and 8.25 wt % for Sc and Li decorated MBF, respectively. The high hydrogen wt %
indicates that the metal decorated framework is a potential hydrogen storage material
