TiO
2 nanotubes can reproducibly store up to ~2 wt % H
2 at roomtemperature and 6 MPa. However, only about 75% of this storedhydrogen can be released when the hydrogen pressure is loweredto ambient conditions, suggesting that both physisorption andchemisorption are responsible for the hydrogen uptake. FTIRspectroscopy, temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), andpressure-composition (
P-
C) isotherms suggest that 75% of theH
2 is physisorbed and can be reversibly released upon pressurereduction. Approximately 13% is weakly chemisorbed and can bereleased at 70
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C as H
2, and ~12% is bonded to oxide ions andreleased only at temperatures above 120
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C as H
2O.