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Synthesis of magnesium and Mg@Ni core-shell nanoparticles by microemulsion for hydrogen storage applications

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In the present work magnesium nanoparticles (MgNPs) and Mg@Ni core-shell nanoparticles has been synthesized first time by microemulsion technique. The magnesium nanoparticles (MgNPs) as core and Ni as shell significantly decrease the desorption temperature. The Ni shell and ionic liquid to surfactant ratio played a vital role in the micelle size controlling parameters. The results obtained through SEM and TEM observations reveal that the synthesized nanostructures and core-shell materials were distributed homogeneously and confirmed the Ni shell encapsulated the magnesium particles with size ranging from 9 to 15 nm. The pressure composition temperature (PCT) results show that Mg@Ni core-shell nanoparticles absorbed more hydrogen as compared to pure magnesium nanoparticles (MgNPs) using the same method. The Mg@Ni core-shell nanoparticles at 125 °C in 45 s could absorb 85% of its maximum hydrogen, additionally the dehydrogenation temperature of hydrogenated pure magnesium nanoparticles (MgNPs) were much higher than Mg@Ni core-shell nanoparticles. The dehydrogenation and hydrogenation enthalpies of Mg@Ni core-shell nanoparticles were slightly lower than the pure magnesium nanoparticles (MgNPs). Due to the nano size effect the synthesized core-shell materials i.e. Mg@Ni core-shell nanoparticles have excellent hydrogen storage properties after the hydrogenation and dehydrogenation cycle.

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The authors thankful to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for providing financial support under NRPU Project No. 5719 and one of the author (Zia Ur Rehman) also is highly thankful to HEC (Higher Education Commission of Pakistan) for its financial support provided through IRSIP (International Research Support Initiative Program) for carrying out part of the research work at Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leipzig University, Germany under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Holger Kohlmann for which the gratitude is extended to him as well.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Hazara University, Mansehra, 21120, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Zia Ur Rehman, Mohsan Nawaz & Masroor Ahmed Bangesh

  2. Department of Chemistry, Islamia College University, Peshawar, 25120, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Hameed Ullah

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Haripur, Haripur, 22620, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Imad Uddin

  4. Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), Fudan University, Nansha District, Guangzhou, 511458, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

    Qudrat Ullah Khan

  5. Zhongshan- Fudan Joint Innovation Centre, Zhongshan, Guangdong, 528437, People’s Republic of China

    Qudrat Ullah Khan

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Conceptualization, methodology, writing original draft preparation, ZUR; software, validation, MAB, IU; formal analysis, investigation, resources, data curation, writing review and editing, HU; visualization, QUK; supervision, MN; project administration, MN; All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Rehman, Z.U., Nawaz, M., Ullah, H. et al. Synthesis of magnesium and Mg@Ni core-shell nanoparticles by microemulsion for hydrogen storage applications. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 21321–21335 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08927-x

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