Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9759309 | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We studied the electrochemical hydrogen storage properties of activated carbon (AC) material mixed with copper. The discharge capacity of AC-Cu electrode which reached 510Â mAh/g after 384 cycles, is much higher than that of the CNT-Cu electrodes. The plateau of discharge potential for AC-Cu electrode was very long and flat and reached â0.88Â V vs. Hg/HgO, which was far from the potential of copper oxidation. The discharge plateau gradually appeared and continually lengthened with the increase of cycle number. Cyclic voltammetric experiments showed that the adsorption and desorption of hydrogen occurred on the surface of activated carbon and the active site increased with the increase of cycle number. The mechanism for electrochemical storage of hydrogen in AC-Cu electrode may be mainly physisorption.
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Authors
Shang Li, Wenyu Pan, Zongqiang Mao,