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Direct synthesis and dehydrogenation properties of NaAlH4 catalyzed with ball-milled Ti–B

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Ball-milled Ti–B-doped sodium aluminum hydride was directly synthesized via mechanical ball-milling of a NaH/Al mixture. The mixture was completely hydrogenated to NaAlH4 after 70 h under hydrogen pressure of 1 MPa. And higher hydrogen pressure is beneficial for the conversion from NaH/Al mixture to NaAlH4. The dehydrogenation properties of the as-synthesized Ti–B-doped sodium aluminum were systematically investigated. The result shows that ball-milled Ti–B has a remarkable catalytic effect on the enhanced dehydrogenation properties of NaAlH4. As-synthesized Ti–B-doped NaAlH4 sample releases hydrogen at the temperature of about 100 °C. Approximately 4.15 wt% H2 is released from ball-milled Ti–B-doped NaAlH4 at 233.7 °C. Even at 110 °C, it also releases about 2.83 wt% hydrogen. The apparent activation energy (E a) for the first step is estimated to be 83.97 kJ·mol−1 using Arrhenius equation. Thus, utilization of ball-milled Ti–B as catalyst would substantially enhance the practical applications of NaAlH4 for hydrogen storage.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51501072 and 51471089), the Excellent Young and Middle-aged Scientists of Shandong Province (No. BS2014CL026), the Doctoral Foundation of University of Jinan (No. XBS1448) and the Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (No. IRT-13R30).

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  1. Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China

    Li Li & Zi-Chao Zhang

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), College of University, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China

    Li Li, Yi-Jing Wang, Li-Fang Jiao & Hua-Tang Yuan

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Li, L., Zhang, ZC., Wang, YJ. et al. Direct synthesis and dehydrogenation properties of NaAlH4 catalyzed with ball-milled Ti–B. Rare Met. 36, 517–522 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-016-0772-x

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