Abstract
We present a study on the kinetics of xenon desorption from single-wall
carbon nanotube (SWNT) bundles using thermal desorption spectroscopy
(TDS). Desorption features from SWNT samples are broadened and peaked at
higher temperature if compared to graphite. This can be explained using
a coupled desorption-diffusion (CDD) model, which yields the
low-coverage binding energy for Xe adsorption on SWNT bundles, 27 kJ
mol(-1). The latter is about 25\% higher than the monolayer binding
energy on graphite, 21.9 kJ mol(-1). Using molecular mechanics
calculations we find that this increase is consistent with adsorption in
highly coordinated groove-sites on the external bundle surface or in
endohedral sites inside of SWNTs. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All
rights reserved.
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