Calculated adsorption energies of H2O as a molecule, an OH/H pair and O/H/H atoms on the basal surfaces of three different configurations of 4 Å SWCNTs (unit: eV).
| SWCNTs | Molecular H2O | OH/H | O/H/H | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axial | Diagonal | Equatorial | Axial | Diagonal | Equatorial | ||
| (3,3) | −0.13 | N/A | −0.01 | Tube break | N/A | 1.52 | Tube break |
| (4,2) | −0.16 | N/A | 1.71 | N/A | N/A | 1.04 | N/A |
| (5,0) | −0.13 | −0.43 | −0.09 | N/A | 0.51 | 0.13 | N/A |