El Hadji Oumar Gueye^1,, Abdoulaye Ndiaye Dione¹, Allé Dioum¹, Baye Modou Ndiaye¹, Papa Douta Tall¹, Aboubaker Chédikh Beye¹

We conducted theoretical investigation of the structural and electronic properties of Pt-functionalized graphene and NH-doped Pt-functionalized graphene, which are shown to be efficient materials for hydrogen storage. Nitrene radical dopant was an effective addition required for enhancing the Pt binding on the graphene sheet. We found that up to three H₂ molecules could be adsorbed by Pt-functionalized graphene with an average binding energy in the range 3.049−1.731eV eV. The most crucial part of our work is measuring the effect of nitrene radical on Pt-functionalized graphene. Our calculations predicted that the addition of NH radicals on Pt-functionalized graphene enhance the binding of Pt on graphene, which helps also to avoid the desorption of Pt(H₂)n (n=1-3) complexes from graphene sheet. Our results also predict Pt-functionalized NH-doped graphene is a potential hydrogen storage medium for on-board applications.

DFT, H2, Pt-functionalized graphene, hydrogen storage capacity, NH radical