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Reactions and reversible hydrogenation of single-walled carbon nanotube anions

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Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) radical anions will react with tetrahydrofuran and generate ethylene, enolates, and a partially hydrogenated nanotube backbone. The experimental evidence suggests that there are sp3 C-H binding interactions. The total gravimetric content of hydrogen on a sample averages from 3.5% to 3.9% w/w, about four times the total amount observed for nanotubes hydrogenated via traditional Birch reduction reactions. Furthermore, the hydrogen desorbs at temperatures up to 400 °C less than those observed for the hydrogenated SWNTs formed after the Birch reduction. Finally, the first room temperature electron spin resonance spectrum of a nanotube radical ion is also reported.

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Funding for this effort was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy within the Center of Excellence on Hydrogen Sorption Materials as part of DOE’s National Hydrogen Storage Grand Challenge and by the Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering under subcontract DE-AC36-99GO10337 to NREL.

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Engtrakul, C., Curtis, C.J., Ellis, J.E. et al. Reactions and reversible hydrogenation of single-walled carbon nanotube anions. Journal of Materials Research 27, 2806–2811 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2012.298

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