Hydrogen storage properties of nano-structured 0.65MgH2/0.35ScH2
Hydrogen storage properties of nano-structured 0.65MgH2/0.35ScH2
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.10.025
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发表时间:
2013-01
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Xuanli Luo;D. Grant;G. Walker
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作者:
Xuanli Luo;D. Grant;G. Walker
The intermetallic compound Mg0.65Sc0.35was found to form a nano-structured metal hydride composite system after a (de)hydrogenation cycle at temperatures up to 350 °C. Upon dehydrogenation phase separation occurred forming Mg-rich and Sc-rich hydride phases that were clearly observed by SEM and TEM with the Sc-rich hydride phase distributed within Mg/MgH2-rich phase as nano-clusters ranging in size from 40 to 100 nm. The intermetallic compound Mg0.65Sc0.35showed good hydrogen uptake, ca. 6.4 wt.%, in the first charging cycle at 150 °C and in the following (de)hydrogenation cycles, a reversible hydrogen capacity (up to 4.3 wt.%) was achieved. Compared to the as-received MgH2, the composite had faster cycling kinetics with a significant reduction in activation energy Eafrom 159 ± 1 kJ mol−1to 82 ± 1 kJ mol−1(as determined from a Kissinger plot). Two-dehydrogenation events were observed by DSC and pressure–composition-isotherm (PCI) measurements, with the main dehydrogenation event being attributed to the Mg-rich hydride phase. Furthermore, after the initial two cycles the hydrogen storage capacity remained unchanged over the next 55 (de)hydrogenation cycles.