Density Functional Theory Calculations of Atomic Hydrogen Adsorption on (3, 3) Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Vacancy Defects

Zong Sheng Li

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.687-691.4315

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Density Functional Theory Calculations of Atomic Hydrogen Adsorption on (3, 3) Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Vacancy Defects

Abstract:

In this paper, we have employed density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the adsorption mechanisms of atomic hydrogens on the sidewalls of (3, 3) single-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) which have vacancy defects. All the calculations were performed using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) with the Perdew, Burke and Ernzerhof (PBE) correlation functional.Our results show that hydrogen atoms can chemically adsorb on the defective nanotube. Bonding energy of per hydrogen atom decreases with the number of adsorbed hydrogen atoms. The hydrogen atoms will enhance the electrical conductivity of the (3, 3) nanotube. Besides one hydrogen atom adsorbing on the nanotube with a vacancy defect (MVD), hydrogen atoms move towards the MVD of the nanotube.