Research in adsorption of gases by carbon nanomaterials has experienced considerable growth in recent years, with increasing interest for practical applications. Many research groups are now producing or using such materials for gas adsorption, storage, purification, and sensing. This book provides a selected overview of some of the most interesting scientific results regarding the outstanding properties of carbon nanomaterials for gas adsorption and of interest both for basic research and technological applications. Topics receiving special attention in this book include storage of H, purification of H, storage of rare gases, adsorption of organic vapors, gas trapping and separation, and metrology of gas adsorption.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Techniques for the Measurement of Gas Adsorption by Carbon Nanostructure
Chapter 2 : The Physical and Chemical Interactions of Hydrogen with Carbonaceous Nanostructures
Chapter 3 : Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Aerogels
Chapter 4 : Gases Adsorption by Fullerenes and Polyhedral Multi-Wall Carbon Nanostructures
Chapter 5 : Structural and Electronic Properties of Hydrogenated Grapheme
Chapter 6 : Gas Desorption from Detonation Nanodiamonds During Temperature Programmed Pyrolysis
Chapter 7 : Modelling Gas Adsorption on Carbon Nanotubes
Chapter 8 : Atomistic Simulation of Gas Adsorption in Carbon Nano-Structures
Chapter 9 : Carbon Nanotubes for Gas Sensing Applications : Principles and Transducers
Index
