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MATERIALS
Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages 3491-3507Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ma8063491
Keywords
hydrogen storage; magnesium hydride; carbon nanotubes; vanadium complex catalyst
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- Australian Research Council (ARC)
- University of Queensland
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Mg (MgH2)-based composites, using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and pre-synthesized vanadium-based complex (VCat) as the catalysts, were prepared by high-energy ball milling technique. The synergistic effect of coupling CNTs and VCat in MgH2 was observed for an ultra-fast absorption rate of 6.50 wt. % of hydrogen per minute and 6.50 wt. % of hydrogen release in 10 min at 200 degrees C and 300 degrees C, respectively. The temperature programmed desorption (TPD) results reveal that coupling VCat and CNTs reduces both peak and onset temperatures by more than 60 degrees C and 114 degrees C, respectively. In addition, the presence of both VCat and CNTs reduces the enthalpy and entropy of desorption of about 7 kJ/mol H-2 and 11 J/mol H2K, respectively, as compared to those of the commercial MgH2, which ascribe to the decrease of desorption temperature. From the study of the effect of CNTs milling time, it is shown that partially destroyed CNTs (shorter milling time) are better to enhance the hydrogen sorption performance.
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