Tunneling effects in the kinetics of helium and hydrogen isotopes desorption from single-walled carbon nanotube bundles
- Institute of Physics NASU, Pr. Nauki 46, 03680 Kiev (Ukraine)
- B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering NASU, 47 Lenin Ave., Kharkov 61103 (Ukraine)
The kinetics of desorption both helium isotopes and molecules of hydrogen and deuterium from open-ended or γ-irradiated single-walled carbon nanotube bundles was investigated in temperature range of 10–300 K. The gases desorption rates obey the Arrhenius law at high temperatures, deviate from it with temperature reduction and become constant at low temperatures. These results indicate the quantum nature of gas outflow from carbon nanotube bundles. We had deduced the crossover temperature below which the quantum corrections to the effective activation energy of desorption become significant. This temperature follows linear dependence against the inverse mass of gas molecule and is consistent with theoretical prediction.
- OSTI ID:
- 22267716
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 17; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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