Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (8): 1953.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20121095

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Preparation and Hydrogen Generation for Al-LiBH4 Composite Materials

LIU Hao1,3, XU Fen2, SUN Li-Xian2,3, CAO Zhong1, ZHOU Huai-Ying2   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410004, China;
    2. Faculty of Material Science & Engineering, Guilin University of Electrical Technology, Guilin 541004, China;
    3. Materials and Thermochemistry Laboratory, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
  • Received:2012-12-04 Online:2013-08-10 Published:2013-07-19
  • Contact: LiXian SUN E-mail:lxsun@dicp.ac.cn;zhongcao2004@163.com

Abstract:

Al-LiBH4 composite materials were prepared by the mechanical ball milling. The results of the hydrogen-production curves and X-ray diffraction patterns show that when the reaction temperature is higher, the mutual promotion effect between aluminum and LiBH4 will be more intensed, and the generation of hydrogen will be more. The milled materials have good properties of hydrogen generation in water at room temperature, especially for the Al-25%LiBH4(mass fraction of LiBH4 is 25%) material milled for 5 h with a ball/material ratio of 30: 1, which can produce 720 mL/g hydrogen. At 90℃, the Al-25%LiBH4 material can produce 2026 mL/g hydrogen with the hydrogen yield of 95% while the Al-30%LiBH4 material can produce 2211 mL/g hydrogen with the hydrogen yield of 96%.

Key words: Al-LiBH4 composite material, Microcalorimetry, Hydrogen generation, Mechanical ball milling, X-Ray diffraction

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