Effects of two-dimension MXene Ti 3 C 2 on hydrogen storage performances of MgH 2 -LiAlH 4 composite

Gang Chen, Yao Zhang, Honghui Cheng, Yunfeng Zhu, Liquan Li, Huaijun Lin

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Abstract

4MgH 2 -LiAlH 4 composite exhibits reduced over-high thermal stability and enhanced de/re-hydrogenation kinetics in previous work. However, de/re-hydrogenation temperatures are still higher than the requirement of mobile fuel cell system. In this case, two-dimension lamellar Ti 3 C 2 was introduced into the 4MgH 2 -LiAlH 4 composite. The de-hydrogenation onset temperature of 4MgH 2 -LiAlH 4 -Ti 3 C 2 composite is decreased by 64 K and 274 K from 4MgH 2 -LiAlH 4 and as-milled MgH 2 , respectively. Its de-hydrogenation activation energy value is reduced by 47.8 kJ mol −1 from 176.2 kJ mol −1 of 4MgH 2 -LiAlH 4 . The re-hydrogenation activation energy (65.7 kJ mol −1 ) of 4MgH 2 -LiAlH 4 -Ti 3 C 2 is also lowered by 33.5 kJ mol −1 from 4MgH 2 -LiAlH 4 (99.2 kJ mol −1 ). Further study indicates that Ti 3 C 2 partially decomposed itself during ball milling and was completely transformed to metallic Ti and carbon during de-hydrogenation. The identified TiH 1.942 indicates that in-situ formed Ti should react with 4MgH 2 -LiAlH 4 system and slightly destabilize the system. For this system, de-hydrogenation enthalpies in three stages (65.9 kJ mol −1 H 2 −1 , 70.6 kJ mol −1 H 2 -1 and 74.3 kJ mol −1 H 2 −1 , respectively) are all lower than as-milled MgH 2 (76.2 kJ mol −1 H 2 −1 ). It means that introducing Ti 3 C 2 into 4MgH 2 -LiAlH 4 not only improves the reaction kinetics but also lowers its over-high thermal stability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)178-187
Number of pages10
JournalChemical Physics
Volume522
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2019

Keywords

  • Hydrogen storage performance
  • Kinetics
  • MgH -LiAlH composite
  • Thermal stability
  • Two-dimension lamellar Ti C

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