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    Destabilized Calcium Hydride as a Promising High-Temperature Thermal Battery

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    Authors
    Balakrishnan, Sruthy
    Sofianos, M. Veronica
    Paskevicius, Mark
    Rowles, Matthew
    Buckley, Craig
    Date
    2020
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Balakrishnan, S. and Sofianos, M.V. and Paskevicius, M. and Rowles, M.R. and Buckley, C.E. 2020. Destabilized Calcium Hydride as a Promising High-Temperature Thermal Battery. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124 (32): pp. 17512-17519.
    Source Title
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C
    DOI
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04754
    ISSN
    1932-7447
    Faculty
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
    School
    John de Laeter Centre (JdLC)
    School of Elec Eng, Comp and Math Sci (EECMS)
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT160100303
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP150100730
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    This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Physical Chemistry C, copyright © American Chemical Society, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04754.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90586
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Calcium hydride (CaH2) is considered an ideal candidate for thermochemical energy storage (thermal battery) due to its high energy density and low cost. Its very high operating temperature and poor cycling stability are the main factors that hinder its development and implementation as a thermal battery for concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. In this work, CaH2 was thermodynamically destabilized with aluminum oxide (Al2O3) at a 1:1 molar ratio to release hydrogen at a lower temperature than the hydride alone. Temperature-programmed desorption measurements showed that the addition of Al2O3 destabilized the reaction thermodynamics of hydrogen release from CaH2 by reducing the decomposition temperature to ∼600 °C in comparison to ∼1000 °C for pure CaH2 at 1 bar of H2 pressure. The experimental enthalpy and entropy of this system were determined by pressure composition isotherm measurements between 612 and 636 °C. The enthalpy was measured to be ΔHdes = 100 ± 2 kJ mol-1 of H2, and the entropy was measured to be ΔSdes = 110 ± 2 J·K-1 mol-1 of H2. The XRD after TPD and in situ XRD data confirmed the main product as Ca12Al14O33. The system exhibited a loss of capacity during hydrogen cycling at 636 °C, which was found to be due to sintering of excess Al2O3, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The hydrogen cycling capacity was significantly improved by reducing the initial amount of Al2O3 to a 2:1 molar ratio of CaH2 to Al2O3, deeming it as a highly promising high-temperature thermal battery for the next generation of CSP plants.

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