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Improved Hydrogen Storage Properties Of Mgh2 Doped With Chlorides Of Transition Metals Hf And Fe, M Ismail Ismail, Yue Zhao, Xuebin Yu, S X. Dou Oct 2014

Improved Hydrogen Storage Properties Of Mgh2 Doped With Chlorides Of Transition Metals Hf And Fe, M Ismail Ismail, Yue Zhao, Xuebin Yu, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

The effects of HfCl4 and FeCl3 addition on the de/rehydrogenation properties of MgH2 were investigated. Both HfCl4 and FeCl3-doped MgH2 samples started to released hydrogen at about 270 °C, a decreased of about 70 °C and about 140 °C compared to as-milled and as-received MgH2, respectively. In terms of the desorption kinetics, the HfCl4-doped MgH2 sample showed significant improvement, with 6.0 wt.% hydrogen released within 10 min at 300 °C, while the FeCl3-doped MgH2 and undoped MgH2 samples released 3.5 and 0.2 wt.% hydrogen, respectively, under the same conditions. In terms of the absorption kinetics, 5.5 wt.% hydrogen was charged …


A Combined Hydrogen Storage System Of Mg(Bh4)(2)-Linh2 With Favorable Dehydrogenation, S X. Dou, Zaiping Guo, Hua-Kun Liu, Abbas Ranjbar, Xuebin Yu, Zunxian Yang, D. L. Sun, Y H. Guo Jun 2013

A Combined Hydrogen Storage System Of Mg(Bh4)(2)-Linh2 With Favorable Dehydrogenation, S X. Dou, Zaiping Guo, Hua-Kun Liu, Abbas Ranjbar, Xuebin Yu, Zunxian Yang, D. L. Sun, Y H. Guo

Shi Xue Dou

The decomposition properties of Mg(BH4)2−LiNH2 mixtures were investigated. Apparent NH3 release appeared from 50 to 300 °C for the Mg(BH4)2−LiNH2 mixtures with mole ratios of 1:1.5, 1:2, and 1:3, while only hydrogen release was detected for the mixture with a mole ratio of 1:1. In the case of the Mg(BH4)2−LiNH2 (1:1) sample, the onset of the first-step dehydrogenation starts at 160 °C, with a weight loss of 7.2 wt % at 300 °C, which is improved significantly compared to the pure Mg(BH4)2 alone. From Kissinger’s method, the activation energy, Ea, for the first and second step dehydrogenation in Mg(BH4)2−LiNH2 (1:1) …


Effect Of Different Additives On The Hydrogen Storage Properties Of The Mgh 2-Lialh 4 Destabilized System, S X. Dou, Yue Zhao, Xuebin Yu, Mohammad Ismail Jun 2013

Effect Of Different Additives On The Hydrogen Storage Properties Of The Mgh 2-Lialh 4 Destabilized System, S X. Dou, Yue Zhao, Xuebin Yu, Mohammad Ismail

Shi Xue Dou

The hydrogen storage properties of the MgH2-LiAlH4 (4 : 1) composite system with and withoutadditives were studied. 5 wt.% of TiF3, NbF5, NiF2, CrF2, YF3, TiCl3?1/3AlCl3, HfCl4, LaCl3, CeCl3,and NdCl3, respectively, was added to the MgH2-LiAlH4 (4 : 1) mixture, and their catalytic effect wasinvestigated. Temperature programmed desorption results show that addition of metal halides to theMgH2-LiAlH4 (4 : 1) composite system improves the onset desorption temperature. The hydrogendesorption properties of metal halide-doped MgH2-LiAlH4 (4 : 1) composites were also improved ascompared to the undoped MgH2-LiAlH4 (4 : 1) composite. Furthermore, the activation energy andthe change in enthalpy in the …