Can γ-MgH2 improve the hydrogen storage properties of magnesium?

被引:64
作者
Shen, Chaoqi [1 ]
Aguey-Zinsou, Kondo-Francois [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ New South Wales, Sch Chem Engn, Merlin Grp, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
DESORPTION PROPERTIES; COLLOIDAL MAGNESIUM; SORPTION KINETICS; HYDRIDE; NI; SIZE; ELECTRODEPOSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; ALLOY; MG3LA;
D O I
10.1039/c7ta01724c
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Upon hydrogen absorption, magnesium (Mg) spontaneously converts to the thermodynamically favoured beta-MgH2 phase, but this leads to hydrogen release/uptake far from the desired low temperatures and fast kinetics. Conversion to the metastable gamma-MgH2 phase should lead to improved hydrogen sorption properties. However, experimental verification of such a hypothesis remained distant. In this work, we report the electrochemical synthesis of nanosized Mg leading to the formation of a mixed g/b hydride phase upon hydrogen absorption with a high gamma-MgH2 content (29.6%). More remarkably, full release of hydrogen from these phases occurred at 200 degrees C only and upon hydrogen reabsorption at 100 degrees C, the gamma/beta-MgH2 mixture was restored. It was thus possible to determine for the first time the effect of gamma-MgH2 on the kinetic and thermodynamic properties of the Mg/H-2 reaction. The presence of gamma-MgH2 was found to lead to a significant reduction of the apparent activation energy from 106.2 +/- 4.0 to 69.1 +/- 2.9 kJ mol(-1) and a reduction of the Mg/H-2 reaction enthalpy from 74.8 +/- 1.0 to 57.7 +/- 5.3 kJ mol(-1) H-2. However, this was accompanied by a concomitant decrease in entropy limiting the reduction of hydrogen desorption temperatures. gamma-MgH2 can thus lead to improve hydrogen kinetics but to reach ambient hydrogen uptake and release ways to tune the enthalpy/entropy compensation effects have to be devised.
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页码:8644 / 8652
页数:9
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