Combined “Gateway” and “Spillover” effects originated from a CeNi<sub>5</sub> alloy catalyst for hydrogen storage of MgH<sub>2</sub>

Mengchen Song; Runkai Xie; Liuting Zhang; Xuan Wang; Zhendong Yao; Tao Wei; Danhong Shang

doi:10.1007/s12613-022-2529-x

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Mengchen Song, Runkai Xie, Liuting Zhang, Xuan Wang, Zhendong Yao, Tao Wei, and Danhong Shang, Combined “Gateway” and “Spillover” effects originated from a CeNi₅ alloy catalyst for hydrogen storage of MgH₂, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 30(2023), No. 5, pp. 970-976. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-022-2529-x

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Mengchen Song, Runkai Xie, Liuting Zhang, Xuan Wang, Zhendong Yao, Tao Wei, and Danhong Shang, Combined “Gateway” and “Spillover” effects originated from a CeNi5 alloy catalyst for hydrogen storage of MgH2, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 30(2023), No. 5, pp. 970-976. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-022-2529-x

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Combined “Gateway” and “Spillover” effects originated from a CeNi₅ alloy catalyst for hydrogen storage of MgH₂

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Liuting Zhang    E-mail: zhanglt89@just.edu.cn

Zhendong Yao    E-mail: zhendongyao@foxmail.com

Danhong Shang    E-mail: dhshang@just.edu.cn
Received: 20 May 2022; Revised: 8 July 2022; Accepted: 20 July 2022; Available online: 23 July 2022

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Efficient catalysts enable MgH₂ with superior hydrogen storage performance. Herein, we successfully synthesized a catalyst composed of Ce and Ni (i.e. CeNi₅ alloy) with splendid catalytic action for boosting the hydrogen storage property of magnesium hydride (MgH₂). The MgH₂–5wt%CeNi₅ composite’s initial hydrogen release temperature was reduced to 174°C and approximately 6.4wt% H₂ was released at 275°C within 10 min. Besides, the dehydrogenation enthalpy of MgH₂ was slightly decreased by adding CeNi₅. For hydrogenation, the fully dehydrogenated sample absorbed 4.8wt% H₂ at a low temperature of 175°C. The hydrogenation apparent activation energy was decreased from (73.60 ± 1.79) to (46.12 ± 7.33) kJ/mol. Microstructure analysis revealed that Mg₂Ni/Mg₂NiH₄ and CeH_2.73 were formed during the process of hydrogen absorption and desorption, exerted combined “Gateway” and “Spillover” effects to reduce the operating temperature and improve the hydrogen storage kinetics of MgH₂. Our work provides an example of merging “Gateway” and “Spillover” effects in one catalyst and may shed light on designing novel highly-effective catalysts for MgH₂ in near future.
- hydrogen storage;
- magnesium hydride;
- cerium–nickel alloys;
- catalysis

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