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    Hydrogen Desorption Properties of Bulk and Nanoconfined LiBH4-NaAlH4

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    Authors
    Javadian, P.
    Sheppard, Drew
    Buckley, C.
    Jensen, T.
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Javadian, P. and Sheppard, D. and Buckley, C. and Jensen, T. 2016. Hydrogen Desorption Properties of Bulk and Nanoconfined LiBH4-NaAlH4. Crystals. 6 (6): Article ID 70.
    Source Title
    Crystals
    DOI
    10.3390/cryst6060070
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    Department of Physics and Astronomy
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    This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26352
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Nanoconfinement of 2LiBH4-NaAlH4 into a mesoporous carbon aerogel scaffold with a pore size, BET surface area and total pore volume of Dmax = 30 nm, SBET = 689 m2/g and Vtot = 1.21 mL/g, respectively is investigated. Nanoconfinement of 2LiBH4-NaAlH4 facilitates a reduction in the temperature of the hydrogen release by 132 °C, compared to that of bulk 2LiBH4-NaAlH4 and the onset of hydrogen release is below 100 °C. The reversible hydrogen storage capacity is also significantly improved for the nanoconfined sample, maintaining 83% of the initial hydrogen content after three cycles compared to 47% for that of the bulk sample. During nanoconfinement, LiBH4 and NaAlH4 reacts to form LiAlH4 and NaBH4 and the final dehydrogenation products, obtained at 481 °C are LiH, LiAl, AlB2 and Al. After rehydrogenation of the nanoconfined sample at T = 400 °C and p(H2) = 126 bar, amorphous NaBH4 is recovered along with unreacted LiH, AlB2 and Al and suggests that NaBH4 is the main compound that can reversibly release and uptake hydrogen.

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