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Complex hydrides for energy storage (2018)
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Milanese, C., Jensen, T. R., Hauback, B. C., Pistidda, C., Dornheim, M., Yang, H., Lombardo, L., Zuettel, A., Filinchuk, Y., Ngene, P., de Jongh, P. E., Buckley, C. E., Dematteis, E. M., & Baricco, M. (2019). Complex hydrides for energy storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(15), 7860-7874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.11.208

In the past decades, complex hydrides and complex hydrides-based materials have been thoroughly investigated as materials for energy storage, owing to their very high gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen capacities and interesting cation and hydrogen... Read More about Complex hydrides for energy storage.

Engineering Solutions in Scale-Up and Tank Design for Metal Hydrides (2018)
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Capurso, G., Jepsen, J., Bellosta von Colbe, J. M., Pistidda, C., Metz, O., Yigit, D., Jun Cao, H., Hardian, R., Strauch, A., Taube, K., Klassen, T., & Dornheim, M. (2018). Engineering Solutions in Scale-Up and Tank Design for Metal Hydrides. Materials Science Forum, 941, 2220-2225. https://doi.org/10.4028/WWW.SCIENTIFIC.NET/MSF.941.2220

A holistic approach is required for the development of materials and systems for hydrogen storage, embracing all the different steps involved in a successful advance of the technology. The several engineering solutions presented in this work try to a... Read More about Engineering Solutions in Scale-Up and Tank Design for Metal Hydrides.

New Insight on the Hydrogen Absorption Evolution of the Mg-Fe-H System under Equilibrium Conditions (2018)
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Puszkiel, J., Castro Riglos, V., Ramallo-López, J. M., Mizrahi, M., Gemming, T., Pistidda, C., Arneodo Larochette, P., Bellosta von Colbe, J., Klassen, T., Dornheim, M., & Gennari, F. (2018). New Insight on the Hydrogen Absorption Evolution of the Mg-Fe-H System under Equilibrium Conditions. Metals, 8(11), Article 967. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8110967

Mg2FeH6 is regarded as potential hydrogen and thermochemical storage medium due to its high volumetric hydrogen (150 kg/m3) and energy (0.49 kWh/L) densities. In this work, the mechanism of formation of Mg2FeH6 under equilibrium conditions is thoroug... Read More about New Insight on the Hydrogen Absorption Evolution of the Mg-Fe-H System under Equilibrium Conditions.

Hydrogen storage properties of eutectic metal borohydrides melt-infiltrated into porous Al scaffolds (2018)
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Veronica Sofianos, M., Chaudhary, A.-L., Paskevicius, M., A. Sheppard, D., D. Humphries, T., Dornheim, M., & E. Buckley, C. (2019). Hydrogen storage properties of eutectic metal borohydrides melt-infiltrated into porous Al scaffolds. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 775, 474-480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.10.086

Porous Al scaffolds were synthesised and melt-infiltrated with various eutectic metal borohydride mixtures (0.725LiBH4-0.275KBH4, 0.68NaBH4-0.32KBH4, 0.4NaBH4-0.6 Mg(BH4)2) to simultaneously act as both a confining framework and a reactive destabilis... Read More about Hydrogen storage properties of eutectic metal borohydrides melt-infiltrated into porous Al scaffolds.

Air-stable metal hydride-polymer composites of Mg(NH2)2–LiH and TPX™ (2018)
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Cao, H., Georgopanos, P., Capurso, G., Pistidda, C., Weigelt, F., Chaudhary, A.-L., Filiz, V., Tseng, J.-C., T. Wharmby, M., Dornheim, M., Abetz, V., & Klassen, T. (2018). Air-stable metal hydride-polymer composites of Mg(NH2)2–LiH and TPX™. Materials Today, 10, 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2018.08.008

Light metal hydrides are prone to react with oxygen and/or water to produce oxides and/or hydroxides leading to reduction of hydrogen capacities, and deterioration of the hydrogen storage properties. It is therefore critical to address these issues w... Read More about Air-stable metal hydride-polymer composites of Mg(NH2)2–LiH and TPX™.

Tracking the Active Catalyst for Iron-Based Ammonia Decomposition by In Situ Synchrotron Diffraction Studies (2018)
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Tseng, J.-C., Gu, D., Pistidda, C., Horstmann, C., Dornheim, M., Ternieden, J., & Weidenthaler, C. (2018). Tracking the Active Catalyst for Iron-Based Ammonia Decomposition by In Situ Synchrotron Diffraction Studies. ChemCatChem, 10(19), 4465-4472. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201800398

Iron-based catalysts for NH3 decomposition have been studied by a combination of catalytic tests and in situ synchrotron diffraction experiments performed in an inert sapphire plug-flow cell. In contrast to steel-based reaction cells, sapphire or qua... Read More about Tracking the Active Catalyst for Iron-Based Ammonia Decomposition by In Situ Synchrotron Diffraction Studies.

A hydride composite featuring mutual destabilisation and reversible boron exchange: Ca(BH4)2–Mg2NiH4 (2018)
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Bergemann, N., Pistidda, C., Milanese, C., Aramini, M., Huotari, S., Nolis, P., Santoru, A., Chierotti, M., Chaudhary, A.-L., Baro, M., Klassenah, T., & Dornheim, M. (2018). A hydride composite featuring mutual destabilisation and reversible boron exchange: Ca(BH4)2–Mg2NiH4. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(37), 17929-17946. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ta04748k

The system Ca(BH4)2-Mg2NiH4 is used as a model to prove the unique possibility to fully reverse the borohydride decomposition process even in cases where the decomposition reaction leads to undesired stable boron containing species (boron sinks). The... Read More about A hydride composite featuring mutual destabilisation and reversible boron exchange: Ca(BH4)2–Mg2NiH4.

Solid State Hydrogen Storage in Alanates and Alanate-Based Compounds: A Review (2018)
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Milanese, C., Garroni, S., Gennari, F., Marini, A., Klassen, T., Dornheim, M., & Pistidda, C. (2018). Solid State Hydrogen Storage in Alanates and Alanate-Based Compounds: A Review. Metals, 8(8), Article 567. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8080567

The safest way to store hydrogen is in solid form, physically entrapped in molecular form in highly porous materials, or chemically bound in atomic form in hydrides. Among the different families of these compounds, alkaline and alkaline earth metals... Read More about Solid State Hydrogen Storage in Alanates and Alanate-Based Compounds: A Review.

Phase stability and hydrogen desorption in a quinary equimolar mixture of light-metals borohydrides (2018)
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Michela Dematteis, E., Santoru, A., Gabriele Poletti, M., Pistidda, C., Klassen, T., Dornheim, M., & Baricco, M. (2018). Phase stability and hydrogen desorption in a quinary equimolar mixture of light-metals borohydrides. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(34), 16793-16803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.05.048

The present study aims at investigating, for the first time, a quinary mixture of light-metals borohydrides. The goal is to design combinations of borohydrides with multiple cations in equimolar ratio, following the concept of high entropy alloys. Th... Read More about Phase stability and hydrogen desorption in a quinary equimolar mixture of light-metals borohydrides.

In Situ Formation of TiB2 Nanoparticles for Enhanced Dehydrogenation/Hydrogenation Reaction Kinetics of LiBH4-MgH2 as a Reversible Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Composite System (2018)
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Karimi, F., Riglos, M. V., Santoru, A., Hoell, A., Raghuwanshi, V. S., Milanese, C., Bergemann, N., Pistidda, C., Nolis, P., Baro, M. D., Gizer, G., Le, T.-T., Pranzas, P. K., Dornheim, M., Klassen, T., Schreyer, A., & Puszkiel, J. (2018). In Situ Formation of TiB2 Nanoparticles for Enhanced Dehydrogenation/Hydrogenation Reaction Kinetics of LiBH4-MgH2 as a Reversible Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Composite System. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(22), 11671-11681. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02258

To enhance the dehydrogenation/rehydrogenation kinetic behavior of the LiBH4-MgH2 composite system, TiF4 is used as an additive. The effect of this additive on the hydride composite system has been studied by means of laboratory and advanced synchrot... Read More about In Situ Formation of TiB2 Nanoparticles for Enhanced Dehydrogenation/Hydrogenation Reaction Kinetics of LiBH4-MgH2 as a Reversible Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Composite System.

Fundamental Material Properties of the 2LiBH(4)-MgH2 Reactive Hydride Composite for Hydrogen Storage: (II) Kinetic Properties (2018)
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Jepsen, J., Milanese, C., Puszkiel, J., Girella, A., Schiavo, B., Lozano, G. A., Capurso, G., Von Colbe, J. M., Marini, A., Kabelac, S., Dornheim, M., & Klassen, T. (2018). Fundamental Material Properties of the 2LiBH(4)-MgH2 Reactive Hydride Composite for Hydrogen Storage: (II) Kinetic Properties. Energies, 11(5), Article 1170. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11051170

Reaction kinetic behaviour and cycling stability of the 2LiBH4–MgH2 reactive hydride composite (Li-RHC) are experimentally determined and analysed as a basis for the design and development of hydrogen storage tanks. In addition to the determination a... Read More about Fundamental Material Properties of the 2LiBH(4)-MgH2 Reactive Hydride Composite for Hydrogen Storage: (II) Kinetic Properties.

Metal Hydride‐Based Hydrogen Storage Tank Coupled with an Urban Concept Fuel Cell Vehicle: Off Board Tests (2018)
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Capurso, G., Schiavo, B., Jepsen, J., Lozano, G. A., Metz, O., Klassen, T., & Dornheim, M. (2018). Metal Hydride‐Based Hydrogen Storage Tank Coupled with an Urban Concept Fuel Cell Vehicle: Off Board Tests. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2(6), Article 1800004. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.201800004

In this work, the tests of a hydrogen storage system intended for vehicular applications, using a metal hydride as storage material, are reported. The system is designed to deliver gas to a fuel cell prototype vehicle. The room temperature hydride is... Read More about Metal Hydride‐Based Hydrogen Storage Tank Coupled with an Urban Concept Fuel Cell Vehicle: Off Board Tests.

Design of a Nanometric AlTi Additive for MgB2-Based Reactive Hydride Composites with Superior Kinetic Properties (2018)
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Le, T.-T., Pistidda, C., Puszkiel, J., Castro Riglos, M. V., Karimi, F., Skibsted, J., Payandeh Gharib Doust, S. H., Richter, B., Emmler, T., Milanese, C., Santoru, A., Hoell, A., Krumrey, M., Gericke, E., Akiba, E., Jensen, T. R., Klassen, T., & Dornheim, M. (2018). Design of a Nanometric AlTi Additive for MgB2-Based Reactive Hydride Composites with Superior Kinetic Properties. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(14), 7642-7655. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b01850

Solid-state hydride compounds are a promising option for efficient and safe hydrogen-storage systems. Lithium reactive hydride composite system 2LiBH4 + MgH2/2LiH + MgB2 (Li-RHC) has been widely investigated owing to its high theoretical hydrogen-sto... Read More about Design of a Nanometric AlTi Additive for MgB2-Based Reactive Hydride Composites with Superior Kinetic Properties.

Insights into the Rb-Mg-N-H System: An Ordered Mixed Amide/Imide Phase and a Disordered Amide/Hydride Solid Solution (2018)
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Santoru, A., Pistidda, C., Brighi, M., Chierotti, M. R., Heere, M., Karimi, F., Cao, H., Capurso, G., Chaudhary, A.-L., khan Gizer, G., Garroni, S., Sørby, M. H., Hauback, B. C., Černý, R., Klassen, T., & Dornheim, M. (2018). Insights into the Rb-Mg-N-H System: An Ordered Mixed Amide/Imide Phase and a Disordered Amide/Hydride Solid Solution. Inorganic Chemistry, 57(6), 3197–3205. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03232

The crystal structure of a mixed amide-imide phase, RbMgND2ND, has been solved in the orthorhombic space group Pnma (a = 9.55256(31), b = 3.70772(11) and c = 10.08308(32) Å). A new metal amide-hydride solid solution, Rb(NH2)xH(1–x), has been isolated... Read More about Insights into the Rb-Mg-N-H System: An Ordered Mixed Amide/Imide Phase and a Disordered Amide/Hydride Solid Solution.

Reactive Hydride Composite of Mg2NiH4 with Borohydrides Eutectic Mixtures (2018)
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Dematteis, E. M., Vaunois, S., Pistidda, C., Dornheim, M., & Baricco, M. (2018). Reactive Hydride Composite of Mg2NiH4 with Borohydrides Eutectic Mixtures. Crystals, 8(2), Article 90. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8020090

The development of materials showing hydrogen sorption reactions close to room temperature and ambient pressure will promote the use of hydrogen as energy carrier for mobile and stationary large-scale applications. In the present study, in order to r... Read More about Reactive Hydride Composite of Mg2NiH4 with Borohydrides Eutectic Mixtures.