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    Nanoscopic Al(1-x)Ce(x) phases in the NaH + Al + 0.02CeCl(3) system

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    Pitt, Mark
    Paskevicius, Mark
    Webb, C.
    Sorby, M.
    Delleda, S.
    Jensen, T.
    Hauback, B.
    Buckley, Craig
    Gray, E.
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Pitt, M.P. and Paskevicius, M. and Webb, C.J. and Sorby, M.H. and Delleda, S. and Jensen, T.R. and Hauback, B.C. and Buckley, C.E. and Gray, E.MacA. 2011. Nanoscopic Al(1-x)Ce(x) phases in the NaH + Al + 0.02CeCl(3) system. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 36: pp. 8403-8411.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.04.092
    ISSN
    0360-3199
    School
    Department of Imaging and Applied Physics
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17306
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    The NaH + Al + 0.02CeCl3 system has been studied by high-resolution X-ray synchrotron diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), after planetary milling under hydrogen and hydrogen (H) cycling. Isothermal absorption kinetics were determined at 150 °C, and compared with the NaH + Al + 0.02TiCl3 system, indicating that CeCl3 and TiCl3 are equally effective additives, with CeCl3 preferred on the basis of hydrogen storage capacity. After milling, AlCe contains 100% of the Ce. After the first H absorption, we observe two Al1-xCex phases. The first, AlCe, contains ca. 60% of the originally added Ce atoms. The AlCe phase observed after milling and H cycling is chemically disordered, with complete exchange between the Al and Ce sublattices occurring, yielding zero intensity in ordering reflections such as (100). In the absorbed state after H cycling, the remaining 40% of Ce atoms are contained in a cubic Al1-xCex phase not previously observed in the Al-Ce phase diagram. Indexing yields a primitive cubic unit cell of dimension 7.7111 A°, in space group P23. Lineshape analysis indicates the AlCe and unknown cubic Al1-xCex phases are ca. 35 nm and 30 nm in dimension respectively. High resolution TEM imaging confirms that both Al1-xCex phases are embedded on the NaAlH4 surface, and localised energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) indicates a ca. 2:1 Al:Ce ratio for the unknown cubic Al1-xCex phase.

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