Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2011-03-14
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
22 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables; accepted, to appear in Carbon
Scientific paper
Chemisorption of hydrogen on graphene is studied using atomistic simulations with the second generation of reactive empirical bond order Brenner inter-atomic potential. The lowest energy adsorption sites and the most important metastable sites are determined. The H concentration is varied from a single H atom, to clusters of H atoms up to full coverage. We found that when two or more H atoms are present, the most stable configurations of H chemisorption on a single graphene layer are ortho hydrogen pairs adsorbed on one side or on both sides of the graphene sheet. The latter has the highest hydrogen binding energy. The next stable configuration is the ortho-para pair combination, and then para hydrogen pairs. The structural changes of graphene caused by chemisorbed hydrogen are discussed and are compared with existing experimental data and other theoretical calculations. The obtained results will be useful for nanoengineering of graphene by hydrogenation and for hydrogen storage.
Dzhurakhalov Abdiravuf A.
Peeters François M.
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