Hydrogen sorption properties of nanocrystalline Mg₂FeH₆-based complex and catalytic effect of TiO₂

Abstract

The diversities of hydrogen sorption properties of Mg₂FeH₆-based complexes with and without TiO₂ were investigated. Mg₂FeH₆-based complexes with and without TiO₂ were synthesized respectively by reactive mechanical alloying, and hydrogen sorption properties of the complexes were examined by Sieverts-type apparatus. The results show that the sample without TiO₂ releases 4.43 % (mass fraction) hydrogen in 1.5 ks at 653 K under 0.1 MPa H₂ pressure and absorbs 90% of the total 4.43 % (mass fraction) hydrogen absorbed in 85 s at 623 K under 4.0 MPa H₂ pressure. But for the sample with TiO₂ addition under the same condition, it only needs 400 s to release all of the stored hydrogen and 60 s to absorb 90% of the total hydrogen absorbed. The activation energies for desorption process of the samples with and without TiO₂ are determined to be 71.2 and 80.3 kJ/(mol·K), respectively. The improvement in hydrogen sorption rate and and reduction in activation energy can be attributed to the addition of TiO₂.

Keywords

Mg-based hydrogen storage materials / reactive mechanical alloying / hydrogen sorption properties / kinetics / activation energy

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