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JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
Volume 74, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2023.109512
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Ortho-to para-hydrogen conversion; Number of unpaired electrons; Spin conversion activity
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In this study, Fe2O3 catalysts doped with different hetero elements (X-FO, X = Al, Cr, Mn) were prepared using a simple co-precipitation method to investigate the effect of different unpaired electron numbers in doping elements on catalytic performance. The results showed that doping elements increased the internal magnetic disorder of X-FO by causing disorder in the internal crystal structure, leading to improved catalytic performance. Among the catalysts tested, Mn-FO with a high number of unpaired electrons exhibited the best catalytic performance.
Para hydrogen (p-H2), as a low-energy spin isomer of hydrogen molecule, has an important significance in the storage and transportation of liquid hydrogen. The ortho hydrogen (o-H2) to p-H2 conversion catalyst accelerates the intrinsically slow o-H2 to p-H2 conversion and becomes an essential component of the hydrogen liquefaction process. In this paper, doped Fe2O3 with different hetero elements (X-FO, X = Al, Cr, Mn) are prepared by a simple co-precipitation method to explore the effect of different unpaired electron numbers in doping elements on catalytic performance. It is shown that the disorder in the internal crystal structure of X-FO caused by doping of hetero elements is the main reason for the increased performance of X-FO, as this leads directly to an increase in the internal magnetic disorder. The catalytic performance is enhanced with the increase in the number of unpaired electrons in doping elements. Mn-FO with high unpaired electron number exhibits optimal catalytic performance. When the hydrogen flow rate is 100 mL min-1, p-H2 content is 49.45 % after catalytic conversion at 77 K. In this paper, a simple method is adopted, which has advantages in terms of production process and cost, and provides experimental support for the large-scale production of catalysts.
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