Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 2158.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20111074

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Synthesis and Hydrogen Sorption Properties of 3NaBH4/ErF3 Hydrogen Storage Composite

LI Long-Jin1, ZOU Jian-Xin1, ZENG Xiao-Qin1,2, DING Wen-Jiang1,2   

  1. 1. National Engineering Research Center of Light Alloy Net Forming, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
    2. Key State Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composite, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Received:2011-11-15 Online:2012-10-10 Published:2012-09-12

Abstract:

3NaBH4/ErF3 hydrogen storage composite was prepared through ball milling method and its phase structure and hydrogen sorption properties were investigated. It is shown that NaBH4 did not react with ErF3 during ball milling. The dehydrogenation temperature of the composite, measured by thermo gravimetric-diffe-rential scanning calorimetry(TG-DSC), is 420℃, which is about 100℃ lower than the dehydrogenation temperature of pure NaBH4. Mass loss of the composite is about 3.06%. Pressure-Composition-Temperature (PCT) tests revealed that the composite has outstanding reversible hydrogen sorption performance at moderate temperatures (355-413℃) and under quite low hydrogenation plateau pressures(<1 MPa) the maximum hydrogen storage capacity of the composite can reach up to 2.78%. It was found that NaBH4 was regenerated during hydrogenation. Based on the PCT analyses, the hydrogenation enthalpy of the composite is determined to be -36.8 kJ/mol H2, while the dehydrogenation enthalpy is -180.8 kJ/mol H2. The addition of ErF3 into NaBH4 improves the thermodynamic performance of NaBH4 and forms a reversible hydrogen storage composite.

Key words: Hydrogen storage material, Rare earth, Borohydride, Reversible hydrogen sorption

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