Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (10): 2274.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20130227

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Preparations and Dehydriding Properties of AlH3

LIU Hai-Zhen1,3, WANG Xin-Hua1,3, LIU Yong-An1,3, YAN Mi2   

  1. 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • Received:2013-03-12 Online:2013-10-10 Published:2013-10-10

Abstract:

AlH3 is a promising hydrogen storage material due to its high hydrogen capacity(10%, mass fraction) and relatively low dehydriding temperature(100—200℃). However, the complicate synthesis procedure restricts the fundamental investigation and practical application of AlH3. In this paper, with LiAlH4, LiBH4 and AlCl3 as the raw materials, pure α-AlH3 and γ-AlH3 were prepared and their dehydriding properties were studied. The experimental results show that the hydrogen desorption capacity of the prepared AlH3 reaches 8.3%—8.5%(mass fraction), and the dehydriding temperature ranges from 120℃ to 160℃. The peak dehydriding temperature of γ-AlH3 is 8.2℃ lower than that of α-AlH3. The activation energies of dehydriding reaction of α-AlH3 and γ-AlH3 are 94.6 kJ/mol and 86.3 kJ/mol, respectively. During heating procedure, α-AlH3 directly decomposes and releases hydrogen, while γ-AlH3 transforms to α-AlH3 before decomposition.

Key words: Hydrogen storage material, Hydrogen storage property, Metal hydride, Aluminum hydriele

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