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On the possibility of helium adsorption in nitrogen doped graphitic materials

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Heske,  Julian       
Markus Antonietti, Kolloidchemie, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Tarakina,  Nadezda V.
Nadezda V. Tarakina, Kolloidchemie, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Oschatz,  Martin
Martin Oschatz, Kolloidchemie, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Antonietti,  Markus
Markus Antonietti, Kolloidchemie, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Sahoo, S. K., Heske, J., Azadi, S., Zhang, Z., Tarakina, N. V., Oschatz, M., et al. (2020). On the possibility of helium adsorption in nitrogen doped graphitic materials. Scientific Reports, 10: 5832. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-62638-z.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0006-3E5C-F
Abstract
The potassium salt of polyheptazine imide (K–PHI) is a promising photocatalyst for various chemical reactions. From powder X–ray diffraction data an idealized structural model of K–PHI has been derived. Using atomic coordinates of this model we defined an energetically optimized K–PHI structure, in which the K ions are present in the pore and between the PHI–planes. The distance between the anion framework and K+ resembles a frustrated Lewis pair-like structure, which we denote as frustrated Coulomb pair that results in an interesting adsorption environment for otherwise non-adsorbing, non-polar gas molecules. We demonstrate that even helium (He) gas molecules, which are known to have the lowest boiling point and the lowest intermolecular interactions, can be adsorbed in this polarized environment with an adsorption energy of  − 4.6 kJ mol−1 per He atom. The interaction between He atoms and K–PHI is partially originating from charge transfer, as disclosed by our energy decomposition analysis based on absolutely localized molecular orbitals. Due to very small charge transfer interactions, He gas adsorption saturates at 8 at%, which however can be subject to further improvement by cation variation.