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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
The interaction of CO(2) to the interior and exterior walls of pristine and nitrogen-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) has been studied using density-functional theory with dispersion-correcting potentials (DCPs). Our calculations predict Gibbs energies of binding between SWNT and CO(2) of up to 9.1 kcal mol(-1), with strongest binding observed for a zigzag [10,0] nanotube, compared to armchair [6,6] (8.3 kcal mol(-1)) and chiral [8,4] (7.0 kcal mol(-1)). Doping of the [10,0] tube with nitrogen increases the Gibbs energies of binding of CO(2) by ca. 3 kcal mol(-1), but slightly reduced binding is found when [6,6] and [8,4] SWNT are doped in similar fashion. The Gibbs energy of binding of CO(2) to the exterior of the tubes is quite small compared to the binding that occurs inside the tubes. These findings suggest that the zigzag SWNT show greater promise as a means of CO(2) gas-capture.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1463-9084
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2780-7
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
CO2 adsorption by nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes predicted by density-functional theory with dispersion-correcting potentials.
pubmed:affiliation
National Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada, 11421 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2M9.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article