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Carbon Nanotubes Improve Efficiency of Extracting Hydrogen from Water
Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005 @ 12:30:50 UTC by rob

Science calin writes:
Scientists at North Carolina State University have discovered a nanoscale method for extracting hydrogen from water that requires only half the energy of current hydrogen production methods.

The researchers discovered that "defective" carbon nanotubes make it easier to "break" water molecules and extract hydrogen.



The discovery could have big implications, namely, lower hydrogen production costs, for industries looking to hydrogen as an alternative fuel.

The scientists: NC State Department of Physics professor Dr. Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli; Dr. Keith Gubbins, W.H. Clark Distinguished University Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; post-doctoral researcher Milen Kostov; and students Erik Santiso and Aaron George, published their results in the Sept. 30 edition of Physical Review Letters.


Carbon nanotubes are structures so small that it would take 1,000 of them stacked on top of one another to equal the thickness of a human hair. The nanotubes have many potential useful applications, one of them being the ability to facilitate chemical reactions. Buongiorno-Nardelli's team discovered that naturally occurring defects in the nanotubes can increase the rate of a chemical reaction, because the atoms that form the defective nanotubes are essentially "incomplete", thus making them more reactive.


"Normally, when you talk about chemical reactions in carbon nanotubes, you're imagining that these reactions are happening in perfectly formed nanostructures", said Buongiorno-Nardelli. "But the reality is that these structures have defect places where the carbon atom network is broken. And these defects can influence the chemical reaction."


And that is what the scientists discovered when they began running computer models to simulate what would happen if they used the defective nanostructures to break water molecules. The current method for extracting hydrogen from water involves heating water molecules to 2,000 degrees Celsius. The high temperature "breaks" the molecule, and hydrogen is released.


"We studied water for many months and ran many different calculations, and we ended up showing that if you want to break a water molecule, you spend a lot less energy if you do it on this defective carbon material than if you do it by simply heating the molecule until it breaks," Buongiorno-Nardelli said. "You can reduce the energy necessary by a factor of two, you can do it at less than 1,000 degrees."


However, there are still problems to solve before a truly catalytic process can be devised, for example, how to make this dissociation reaction a viable process for hydrogen production. The team hopes to collaborate with other scientists to design and construct a nanoscale chemical reactor that will one day lead to a cost- and energy-efficient way to produce hydrogen.


"We think that nanotechnology can be used to produce more and better energy in an environmentally friendly way," says Buongiorno-Nardelli. "Our experience with the water molecules so far leads me to believe we're headed in the right direction."


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An abstract of the paper follows.

"Dissociation of Water on Defective Carbon Substrates"
Authors: M.K. Kostov, E.E. Santiso and K.E. Gubbins, Center for High Performance Simulation and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. M. Buongiorno-Nardelli, Center for High Performance Simulation and Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina and CCS-CSM Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Published: Sept. 30, 2005, in Physical Review Letters
Abstract: Using calculations from first principles, we found that water can dissociate over defective sites in graphene or nanotubes following many possible reaction pathways, some of which have activation barriers lower than half the value for the dissociation of bulk water. This reduction is caused by spin selection rules that allow the system to remain on the same spin surface throughout the reaction.

Source: North Carolina State University


 
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Re: Carbon Nanotubes Improve Efficiency of Extracting Hydrogen from Water (Score: 1)
by ElectroDynaCat on Thursday, September 29, 2005 @ 17:40:28 UTC
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Carbon Nanotubes may in fact be approaching the scale of interaction with the Vaccum Flux. What this research group may have uncovered could be the first evidence of the ZPE leaking over into useful work.

A carbon nanotube whose length  approaches one quarter of the wavelength of the resonant frequency of the disassociation reaction may be transfering  vacuum fluctuations into  chemical potential energy.

That energy band is around 3 electron volts at STP and a quarter wavelength would wind up in the short ultraviolet range or more. It implies that nanotubes of less than 100 atoms in length are promoting this reaction.

Any reaction whose energy level/wavelength requirement is shorter than 10,000 angstroms could be energised by such micro resonantors that could draw energy from the Zero point .

FYI, the 10,000 Angstrom energy level is where the Zero point energy exceeds the Equipartion level for any blackbody. No energy from the Zero point can be transfered to a device larger than that length.



Re: Carbon Nanotubes Improve Efficiency of Extracting Hydrogen from Water (Score: 1)
by CieraK on Saturday, October 09, 2010 @ 01:23:03 UTC
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I don’t have enough knowledge about graphene but I am glad to hear that the two Russian scientists who discover it was given a Nobel prize for their discovery. Physics labs worldwide are experimenting with graphene in ways that can lead to unprecedented technological leaps in computers, televisions and amazing new materials. Congratulations! Good job guys!



Re: Carbon Nanotubes Improve Efficiency of Extracting Hydrogen from Water (Score: 1)
by allodia on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 @ 00:44:44 UTC
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This is a very interesting discovery. congrats to the people who made this possible.

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