First-principles study on the adsorption of H2 gas on the surface of Al single atom modified vacancy defect V2C(MXene)
Based on the first principle calculation method,the relevant properties of V2C(MXene)containing vacancy defects modified with monoatomic Al at different sites were systematically studied.The results showed that after geometric optimization,the surface energy of stable V2C containing vacancy defects was-3075.53 J/m2,the adsorption energy of monoatomic Al-modified intrinsic V2C monoatomic was 1.5511 eV,and the ad-sorption energy of monoatomic Al-modified V2C containing vacancy defects was-2.0763 eV,suggesting that the structural stability of V2C containing vacancy defects can be improved significantly due to the modification of monatomic Al.Further study on the density of states(DOS),partial density of states(PDOS)and hydrogen ab-sorption capacity revealed that the DOS and PDOS of all systems crossed the Fermi level,presenting high metal-licity.The adsorption energy of V2C for H2 gas molecules was-7.5867 eV,while that of V2C containing vacan-cy defects and monatomic Al-modified V2C containing vacancy defects for H2 gas molecules was only-0.9851eV and-2.7130 eV respectively,indicating that the adsorption performance of V2C for H2 gas molecules is not further improved.This study provides certain theoretical guidance for the research and development of hy-drogen storage materials.
MXeneV2CVacancy defectsAl single atomAdsorbFirst-principles