Catalyzed collapse and enhanced hydrogen storage of BN nanotubes

Chengchun Tang; Yoshio Bando; Xiaoxia Ding; Shouren Qi; Dmitri Golberg

doi:10.1021/ja028051e

Catalyzed collapse and enhanced hydrogen storage of BN nanotubes

J Am Chem Soc. 2002 Dec 11;124(49):14550-1. doi: 10.1021/ja028051e.

Authors

Chengchun Tang¹, Yoshio Bando, Xiaoxia Ding, Shouren Qi, Dmitri Golberg

Affiliation

¹ Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 12465961
DOI: 10.1021/ja028051e

Abstract

The novel morphology of BN nanotubes with a collapsed structure has been discovered by a metal-catalyzed treatment. The collapse causes the dramatic enlargement of a specific surface area of BN nanotubes and remarkably enhances the hydrogen storage capacity of BN nanotubes.