Author(s) Mitsunori Furuya, Kenji Ichimura^*

Affiliation(s)
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Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.

ABSTRACT

Single carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have the sorption states at around 200 K, and show the poor desorption characteristics at around 300 K. The bamboo-like CNTs, HP1050 and the ground HP1050 (HP-1050G), show the desorption peaks at around 100 K and 140 K, respectively. Furthermore, HP1050G has the sorption states at around 300 - 400 K. On the basis of the sorption process, the ground bamboo-like CNT has a possibility for application to the room temperature storage of methane, which has utility for energy technologies such as fuel cells.

KEYWORDS
Methane; Storage; Carbon Nanotube; Absorption States

Cite this paper
M. Furuya and K. Ichimura, "Room Temperature Storage of Methane by Bamboo-Like Carbon Nanotubes," Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2013, pp. 4-6. doi: 10.4236/aces.2013.33A3002.

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