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Tuning microstructures of Mg-Ce-Ni hydrogen storage alloys via Cu and carbon nanotube additions

Linlin Zhang1,2, Liang Xiong3( ), Bingyang Gao3, Qingyun Shi1,2, Ying Wang1, Zhiya Han3, Zhenhua Zhang3, Chunli Wang1( ), Limin Wang1,2, Yong Cheng1( )
State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Purification Equipment Research Institute of CSIC, Handan 056002, China
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In this study, hydrogen storage alloys with enhanced properties are obtained by preparing amorphous/nanocrystalline structures to modulate the internal microstructure and by adding Cu and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to enhance the surface properties.

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Mg-based alloys are regarded as highly promising materials for hydrogen storage. Despite significant improvements of the properties for Mg-based alloys, challenges such as slow hydrogen absorption/desorption kinetics and high thermodynamic stability continue to limit their practical application. In this study, to assess hydrogen storage alloys with enhanced properties, incorporating both internal microstructure modulation through the preparation of amorphous/nanocrystalline structures and surface property enhancement with the addition of Cu and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the kinetic properties of activation and hydrogenation, thermodynamic properties, and dehydrogenation kinetics are tested. The results reveal a complementary interaction between the added Cu and CNTs, contributing to the superior hydrogen storage performance observed in sample 7A-2Cu-1CNTs with an amorphous/nanocrystalline structure compared to the other experimental samples. Additionally, the samples are fully activated after the initial hydrogen absorption and desorption cycle, demonstrating outstanding hydrogenation kinetics under both high and low temperature experimental conditions. Particularly noteworthy is that the hydrogen absorption exceeds 1.8 wt.% within one hour at 333 K. Furthermore, the activation energy for dehydrogenation is decreased to 64.71 kJ·mol–1. This research may offer novel insights for the design of new-type Mg-based hydrogen storage alloys, which possess milder conditions for hydrogen absorption and desorption.

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Mg-Ni-Ce alloyhydrogen storageamorphous/nanocrystalline structurekineticsCu and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) co-doping

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 8,
August 2024
Pages 7203-7211
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-024-6713-y
Cite this article:
Zhang L, Xiong L, Gao B, et al. Tuning microstructures of Mg-Ce-Ni hydrogen storage alloys via Cu and carbon nanotube additions. Nano Research, 2024, 17(8): 7203-7211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6713-y
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Received: 26 February 2024
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