Prospective role of multicenter bonding for efficient and selective hydrogen transport

Multicenter bonding is shown to be able to dramatically reduce atomic transport barriers in solids. Theoretical analysis of H atoms in a nanoporous polymorph of ZnO (SOD-ZnO) shows intercage hopping to be aided by four-center bonds which: (i) radically reduce the sterically hindered H-transport barr...

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Autores: Stradi, Daniele, Illas i Riera, Francesc, Bromley, Stefan Thomas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/137997
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/137997
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Termodinàmica
Hidrogen
Thermodynamics
Hydrogen
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Sumario:Multicenter bonding is shown to be able to dramatically reduce atomic transport barriers in solids. Theoretical analysis of H atoms in a nanoporous polymorph of ZnO (SOD-ZnO) shows intercage hopping to be aided by four-center bonds which: (i) radically reduce the sterically hindered H-transport barrier to be close to that found in Pd membranes, and (ii) induce p doping. SOD-ZnO is also shown to be thermodynamically favored under triaxial tension and selective for encapsulating weakly perturbed H atoms. Such materials have potential use in atomic transport, control, and purification.