Materials Transactions Online

Materials Transactions, Vol.46 No.01 (2005) pp.1-14
© 2005 The Japan Institute of Metals

Composite Materials based on Light Elements for Hydrogen Storage

Takayuki Ichikawa1, Nobuko Hanada2, Shigehito Isobe2, Haiyan Leng2 and Hironobu Fujii1

1Materials Science Center, N-BARD, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
2Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan

In this paper, we review our recent experimental results on hydrogen storage properties of light elements Li, C and Mg based nano-composite materials. The results are summarized as follows: In the Li-N-H system, such as the ball milled 1:1 mixture of Li amide and Li hydride containing a small amount of TiCl3 (1 mol%), a large amount of hydrogen (∼6 mass%) is absorbed and desorbed in the temperature range from 150 to 250°C with good reversibility and high reaction rate. Furthermore, in the ball milled mixture of 3Mg(NH2)2 and 8LiH, ∼7 mass% of hydrogen is reversibly stored in the temperature from 140 to 220°C, indicating one of the suitable hydrogen storage materials. In graphite containing a small amount of nanometer sized Fe (∼2 at.%), a large amount of hydrogen (∼7 mass%) is chemisorbed by ball milling for 80 h under less than 1 MPa of H2-gas pressure. However, the chemisorbed hydrogen capacity decreases with increase in the milling pressure for the 80 h ball milled graphite (down to ∼4.1 mass% at 6 MPa), while the physisorbed hydrogen capacity in graphite increases with increase in the milling pressure, reaching up to 0.5{∼} 1.0 mass% at 6 MPa. Unfortunately, the desorption temperature of chemisorbed hydrogen is higher than 300°C. Therefore, some break-through is necessary for the development of carbon-based materials as one of the hydrogen storage systems. On the other hand, some nano-composite Mg catalyzed by Ni nano-particle or Nb oxide reveals superior reversible hydrogen storage properties: ∼6.5 mass% of hydrogen is reversibly stored in the temperature range from 150 to 250°C. Especially, the Nb metals uniformly dispersed in nanometer scale on the surface of MgH2, which was produced by reduction of Nb2O5, is the best catalyst we have studied so far. Thus, it seems that some Mg nano-composites catalyzed by nano-particles of d-electron transition metals is acceptable for practical applications.

(Received 2004/7/21; Accepted 2004/9/28)

Keywords: hydrogen storage, mechanical ball milling, lithium amide-imide system, metal nitrogen hydrogen system, ammonia, magnesium hydride, nano-structured graphite, catalyst, d-electron transition metal

PDF(Free)PDF (Free) Table of ContentsTable of Contents

REFERENCES

  1. G. Sandrock: J. Alloy. Compd. 293--295 (1999) 877--888.
  2. E. Akiba: Curr. Opin. Solid. St. M. 4 (1999) 267--272.
  3. L. Schlapbach and A. Züttel: Nature 414 (2001) 353--358.
  4. P. Vajeeston, P. Ravindran, R. Vidya, H. Fjellvåg and A. Kjekshus: Appl. Phys. Lett. 82 (2003) 2257--2259.
  5. W. Grochala and P. P. Edwards: Chem. Rev. 104 (2004) 1283--1315.
  6. B. Bogdanovi´c and M. Schwickardi: J. Alloy. Compd. 253 (1997) 1--9.
  7. J. Huot, S. Boily, V. Guther and R. Schulz: J. Alloy. Compd. 283 (1999) 304--306.
  8. R. A. Zidan, S. Takara, A. G. Hee and C. M. Jensen: J. Alloy. Compd. 285 (1999) 119--122.
  9. L. Zaluski, A. Zalsuka and J. O. Ström-Olsen: J. Alloy. Compd. 290 (1999) 71--78.
  10. A. Zaluska, L. Zaluski and J. O. Ström-Olsen: J. Alloy. Compd. 298 (2000) 125--134.
  11. B. Bogdanovi´c, R. A. Brand, A. Marjanovi´c, M. Schwickardi and J. Tölle: J. Alloy. Compd. 302 (2000) 36--58.
  12. J. Chen, N. Kuriyama, Q. Xu, H. T. Takeshita and T. Sakai: J. Phys. Chem. B 105 (2001) 11214--11220.
  13. C. M. Jensen and K. J. Gross: Appl. Phys. A 72 (2001) 213--219.
  14. K. J. Gross, G. J. Thomas and C. M. Jensen: J. Alloy. Compd. 330--332 (2002) 683--690.
  15. G. Sandrock, K. Gross, G. Thomas, C. Jensen, D. Meeker and S. Takara: J. Alloy. Compd. 330--332 (2002) 696--701.
  16. G. P. Meisner, G. G. Tibbetts, F. E. Pinkerton, C. H. Olk and M. P. Balogh: J. Alloy. Compd. 337 (2002) 254--263.
  17. G. J. Thomas, K. J. Gross, N. Y. C. Yang and C. Jensen: J. Alloy. Compd. 330--332 (2002) 702--707.
  18. G. Sandrock, K. Gross and G. Thomas: J. Alloy. Compd. 339 (2002) 299--308.
  19. M. Fichtner and O. Fuhr: J. Alloy. Compd. 345 (2002) 286--296.
  20. B. Bogdanovic, M. Felderhoff, M. Germann, M. Hartel, A. Pommerin, F. Schuth, C. Weidenthaler and B. Zibrowius: J. Alloy. Compd. 350 (2003) 246--255.
  21. H. Morioka, K. Kakizaki, S. C. Chung and A. Yamada: J. Alloy. Compd. 353 (2003) 310--314.
  22. D. L. Anton: J. Alloy. Compd. 356--357 (2003) 400--404.
  23. M. Fichtner, O. Fuhr and O. Kircher: J. Alloy. Compd. 356--357 (2003) 418--422.
  24. K. J. Gross, E. H. Majzoub and S. W. Spangler: J. Alloy. Compd. 356--357 (2003) 423--428.
  25. S. M. Opalka and D. L. Anton: J. Alloy. Compd. 356--357 (2003) 486--489.
  26. P. Vajeeston, P. Ravindran, R. Vidya, H. Fjellvag and A. Kjekshus: Appl. Phys. Lett. 82 (2003) 2257--2259.
  27. D. Sun, S. S. Srinivasan, T. Kiyobayashi, N. Kuriyama and C. M. Jensen: J. Phys. Chem. B 107 (2003) 10176--10179.
  28. T. Kiyobayashi, S. S. Srinivasan, D. Sun and C. M. Jensen: J. Phys. Chem. A 107 (2003) 7671--7674.
  29. M. E. Arroyo y de Dompablo and G. Ceder: J. Alloy. Compd. 364 (2004) 6--12.
  30. J. M. Bellosta von Colbe, B. Bogdanovi´c, M. Felderhoff, A. Pommerin and F. Schuth: J. Alloy. Compd. 370 (2004) 104--109.
  31. S. C. Chung and H. Morioka: J. Alloy. Compd. 372 (2004) 92--96.
  32. D. Sun, S. S. Srinivasan, G. Chen and C. M. Jensen: J. Alloy. Compd. 373 (2004) 265--269.
  33. J. Graetz, J. J. Reilly, J. Johnson, A. Yu. Ignatov and T. A. Tyson: Appl. Phys. Lett. 85 (2004) 500--502.
  34. O. Kircher and M. Fichtner: J. Appl. Phys. 95 (2004) 7748--7753.
  35. H. J. Schlesinger and H. C. Brown: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 62 (1940) 3429--3435.
  36. S. Orimo, Y. Nakamori and A. Züttel: Mater. Sci. Eng. B 108 (2004) 51--53.
  37. E. M. Fedneva, V. L. Alpatova and V. I. Mikheeva: Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. 9 (1964) 826--827.
  38. A. Züttel, S. Rentsch, P. Fischer, P. Wenger, P. Sudan, Ph. Mauron and Ch. Emmenegger: J. Alloy. Compd. 356--357 (2003) 515--520.
  39. F. W. Dafert and R. Miklauz: Monatsh Chem. 31 (1910) 981--996.
  40. O. Ruff and H. Goeres: Chem. Ber. 44 (1910) 502--506.
  41. P. Chen, Z. Xiong, J. Luo, J. Lin and K. L. Tan: Nature 420 (2002) 302--304.
  42. Y. H. Hu and E. Ruckenstein: Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 42 (2003) 5135--5139.
  43. Z. Xiong, P. Chen, G. Wu, J. Lin and K. L. Tan: J. Mater. Chem. 13 (2003) 1676--1680.
  44. Y. Nakamori and S. Orimo: J. Alloy. Compd. 370 (2004) 271--275.
  45. Y. Nakamori and S. Orimo: Mater. Sci. Eng. B 108 (2004) 48--50.
  46. T. Ichikawa, S. Isobe, N. Hanada and H. Fujii: J. Alloy. Compd. 365 (2004) 271--276.
  47. T. Ichikawa, N. Hanada, S. Isobe, H. Y. Leng and H. Fujii: J. Phys. Chem. B 108 (2004) 7887--7892.
  48. H. Y. Leng, T. Ichikawa, S. Hino, N. Hanada, S. Isobe and H. Fujii: J. Phys. Chem. B 108 (2004) 8763--8765.
  49. Y. Nakamori, G. Kitahara, S. Orimo, K. Miwa and S. Towata: 2003 Autumn Meeting of The Japan Institute of Metals, oral presentation.
  50. A. C. Dillon, K. M. Jones, T. A. Bekkedahl, C. H. Kiang, D. S. Bethune and M. J. Heben: Nature 386 (1997) 377--379.
  51. A. Chambers, C. Park, R. T. K. Baker and N. M. Rodriguez: J. Phys. Chem. B 102 (1998) 4253--4256.
  52. S. Orimo, G. Majer, T. Fukunaga, A. Züttel, L. Schlapbach and H. Fujii: Appl. Phys. Lett. 75 (1999) 3093--3095.
  53. S. Orimo, T. Matsushima, H. Fujii, T. Fukunaga and G. Majer: J. Appl. Phys. 90 (2001) 1545--1549.
  54. G. Majer, E. Stanik and S. Orimo: J. Alloy. Compd. 356--357 (2003) 617--621.
  55. T. Fukunaga, K. Itoh, S. Orimo, M. Aoki and H. Fujii: J. Alloy. Compd. 327 (2001) 224--229.
  56. S. Orimo, A. Züttel, L. Schlapbach, G. Majer, T. Fukunaga and H. Fujii: J. Alloy. Compd. 356--357 (2003) 716--719.
  57. Y. Ye, C. C. Ahn, C. Witham, B. Fultz, J. Liu, A. G. Rinzler, D. Colbert, K. A. Smith and R. E. Smalley: Appl. Phys. Lett. 74 (1999) 2307.
  58. C. Park, P. E. Anderson, A. Chambers, C. D. Tan, R. Hidalgo and N. M. Rodriguez: J. Phys. Chem. B 103 (1999) 10572--10581.
  59. C. C. Ahn, Y. Ye, B. V. Ratnakumar, C. Witham, R. C. Bowman, Jr. and B. Fultz: Appl. Phys. Lett. 73 (1998) 3378--3380.
  60. L. Schlapbach, A. Züttel, P. Gröning, O. Gröning and P. Aebi: Appl. Phys. A 72 (2001) 245--253.
  61. V. Meregalli and M. Parrinello: Appl. Phys. A 72 (2001) 143--146.
  62. A. Züttel, Ch. Nützenadel, P. Sudan, Ph. Mauron, Ch. Emmenegger, S. Rentsch, L. Schlapbach, A. Weidenkaff and T. Kiyobayashi: J. Alloy. Compd. 330--332 (2002) 676--682.
  63. C. Carpetis and W. Peschka: Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 5 (1980) 539--554.
  64. K. A. G. Amankwah, J. S. Noh and J. A. Schwarz: Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 14 (1989) 437--447.
  65. S. Isobe, T. Ichikawa, J. I. Gottwald, E. Gomibuchi and H. Fujii: J. Phys. Chem. Solids 65 (2004) 535--539.
  66. T. Ichikawa, D. M. Chen, S. Isobe, E. Gomibuchi and H. Fujii: Mater. Sci. Eng. B 108 (2004) 138--142.
  67. D. M. Chen, T. Ichikawa, H. Fujii, N. Ogita, M. Udagawa, Y. Kitano and E. Tanabe: J. Alloy. Compd. 354 (2003) L5--L9.
  68. D. L. Cummings and G. J. Powers: Ind. Eng. Chem. 13 (1974) 182--192.
  69. J. F. Stampfer, Jr., C. E. Holley, Jr. and J. F. Suttle: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82 (1960) 3504--3508.
  70. B. Vigeholm, J. Kjoller and B. Larsen: J. Less-Common Met. 74 (1980) 341--350.
  71. J. Huot, G. Liang, S. Boily, A. Van Neste and R. Schulz: J. Alloy. Compd. 293--295 (1999) 495--500.
  72. F. C. Gennari, F. J. Castro and G. Urretavizcaya: J. Alloy. Compd. 321 (2001) 46--53.
  73. A. Zaluska, L. Zaluski and J. O. Ström-Olsen: J. Alloy. Compd. 288 (1999) 217--225.
  74. G. Liang, J. Huot, S. Boily, A. Van Neste and R. Schulz: J. Alloy. Compd. 291 (1999) 295--299.
  75. G. Liang, J. Huot, S. Boily, A. Van Neste and R. Schulz: J. Alloy. Compd. 292 (1999) 247--252.
  76. G. Liang, J. Huot, S. Boily and R. Schulz: J. Alloy. Compd. 305 (2000) 239--245.
  77. Z. Dehouche, R. Djaozandry, J. Huot, S. Boily, J. Goyette, T. K. Bose and R. Schulz: J. Alloy. Compd. 305 (2000) 264--271.
  78. J. Huot, J. F. Pelletier, G. Liang, M. Sutton and R. Schulz: J. Alloy. Compd. 330--332 (2002) 727--731.
  79. I. Kanoya, M. Hosoe and T. Suzuki: Honda R & D Technical Review 14 (2002) 91.
  80. W. Oelerich, T. Klassen and R. Bormann: J. Alloy. Compd. 315 (2001) 237--242.
  81. W. Oelerich, T. Klassen and R. Bormann: Adv. Eng. Mater. 3 (2001) 487--490.
  82. Z. Dehouche, T. Klassen, W. Oelerich, J. Goyette, T. K. Bose and R. Schulz: J. Alloy. Compd. 347 (2002) 319--323.
  83. G. Barkhordarian, T. Klassen and R. Bormann: Scr. Mater. 49 (2003) 213--217.
  84. K. Higuchi, K. Yamamoto, H. Kajioka, K. Toiyama, M. Honda, S. Orimo and H. Fujii: J. Alloy. Compd. 330--332 (2002) 526--530.
  85. H. Fujii, K. Higuchi, K. Yamamoto, H. Kajioka, S. Orimo and K. Toiyama: Mater. Trans. 43 (2002) 2721--2727.
  86. N. Hanada, T. Ichikawa, S. Orimo and H. Fujii: J. Alloy. Compd. 366 (2004) 269--273.
  87. J. Harris and S. Andersson: Phys. Rev. Lett. 55 (1985) 1583--1586.

[JIM HOME] [JOURNAL ARCHIVES]

© 2002 The Japan Institute of Metals
Comments to us : editjt@jim.or.jp