Journal
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
Volume 1, Issue 3, Pages 1158-1165Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.7b00266
Keywords
Mg hydride; carbon supported nano-Ni; hydrogen storage kinetics; mechanical milling; catalysis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51771092, 51571112, 51601090]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20151405, BK20161004]
- Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [KYCX17_0980]
- Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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Metal nanocatalysis is an effective method to enhance the hydrogen storage properties of magnesium hydride (MgH2), and the catalytic effect can be further improved by a matrix material supported nanometal. In this work, carbon supported nano-Ni (Ni@C) was synthesized by calcination of dimethylglyoxime dinickel chelate, and then it was doped into MgH2 to improve the de/rehydrogenation kinetics. This shows that the homogeneously distributed Ni with refined particle size in carbon base leads to superior catalytic effects on hydrogen absorption/desorption of MgH2-5 wt % Ni@C. The MgH2-5 wt % Ni@C starts to desorb hydrogen at 187 degrees C, which is 113 degrees C lower than that of as-milled MgH2. Moreover, it takes only 500 s to thoroughly desorb hydrogen at 300 degrees C, which is 3000 s faster than as-milled MgH2 under the same dehydrogenation conditions. According to the Kissinger's method, the apparent activation energy for desorption of the MgH2-5 wt % Ni@C is 66.5 +/- 1.8 kJ mol(-1), which is about 79.9 kJ mol(-1) lower than that of as-milled MgH2. Cycling experiments show that the capacity retentions of hydrogen absorption and desorption after 10 cycles at 275 degrees C are 91% and 93%, respectively. Transmission electron microscope analysis shows that part of Ni transformed to Mg2NiH4/Mg2Ni during hydrogen absorption/desorption cycles.
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