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Direct synthesis and dehydrogenation properties of NaAlH4 catalyzed with ball-milled Ti-B

Ball-milled Ti-B-doped sodium aluminum hydride was directly synthesized via mechanical ball-milling of a NaH/Al mixture. The mixture was completely hydrogenated to NaAlH4 after 70 h under hydrogen pressure of 1 MPa. And higher hydrogen pressure is beneficial for the conversion from NaH/Al mixture to...

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Published in:Rare metals 2017-06, Vol.36 (6), p.517-522
Main Authors: Li, Li, Zhang, Zi-Chao, Wang, Yi-Jing, Jiao, Li-Fang, Yuan, Hua-Tang
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Language:English
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Summary:Ball-milled Ti-B-doped sodium aluminum hydride was directly synthesized via mechanical ball-milling of a NaH/Al mixture. The mixture was completely hydrogenated to NaAlH4 after 70 h under hydrogen pressure of 1 MPa. And higher hydrogen pressure is beneficial for the conversion from NaH/Al mixture to NaAlH4. The dehydrogenation properties of the as-synthesized Ti-Bdoped sodium aluminum were systematically investigated.The result shows that ball-milled Ti-B has a remarkable catalytic effect on the enhanced dehydrogenation properties of NaAlH4. As-synthesized Ti-B-doped NaAlH_4 sample releases hydrogen at the temperature of about 100 ℃. Approximately 4.15 wt% H2 is released from ballmilled Ti-B-doped NaAlH_4 at 233.7 ℃. Even at 110 ℃, it also releases about 2.83 wt% hydrogen. The apparent activation energy(E_a) for the first step is estimated to be 83.97 k J·mol^-1 using Arrhenius equation. Thus, utilization of ball-milled Ti-B as catalyst would substantially enhance the practical applications of NaAlH_4 for hydrogen storage.
ISSN:1001-0521
1867-7185
DOI:10.1007/s12598-016-0772-x