Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 13, Issue 29, Pages 34213-34226Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c07449
Keywords
SANS; composite SrCl2 -ENG; thermochemical heat storage; kinetic measurements; structural evolution
Funding
- NordForsk Nordic Neutron Science Programme via the Neutrons for Heat Storage (NHS) project [82206]
- National Institute of Standards and Technology [DMR-2010792]
- National Science Foundation [DMR-2010792]
- Danish Research Council
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This study utilized SANS, X-ray diffraction, and sorption measurements to investigate the structural evolution of a SrCl2-expanded natural graphite composite during ammonia absorption and desorption. Structural changes were found to affect absorption rate, while having no significant impact on desorption rate. Furthermore, the formation of nanopores significantly enhanced absorption kinetics.
This work presents an in situ nanoscale structural characterization of a SrCl2 -expanded natural graphite (ENG) composite during ammonia absorption and desorption using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) together with X-ray powder diffraction and sorption measurements. For the processing of the composite material SANS patterns, we developed and implemented two methods, which showed comparable results. The study allowed following the evolution of the SrCl2 particles and the nanopores inside the particles during five sorption cycles. The structural changes were compared to the absorption and desorption kinetic measurements, allowing us to make qualitative analysis of the impact of the structural changes on the material properties, such as thermal conductivity and permeability. It was shown that the structural evolution of the composite material did not affect the desorption rate but significantly influenced the absorption rate after the first cycle. We also observed a significant improvement of the absorption kinetics due to the formation of nanopores in the fully deammoniated sample. In addition, the ENG matrix was shown to hinder the agglomeration of the SrCl2 particles during sorption processes, which is in contrast to literature findings reported for a nonsupported metal halide. The findings presented in this study can be of great interest in the research areas where SrCl2-ENG composites are widely studied, i.e., heat storage, heat pumps/ refrigerators, deNO(x) removal, and solid-state ammonia storage.
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