Abstract
The present study focuses on enhancing the yield of Mg2FeH6 and its hydrogen storage performances through a novel high-pressure compression approach. For which, MgH2 and Fe powders are first mechanically milled in a molar ratio of 2:1 and subsequently compressed to a cylindrical pellet. Due to the compression, the yield of Mg2FeH6 in the compressed 2MgH2–Fe pellet (90%) has been increased by 24% as compared to the reference ball-milled powder (66%). The thermodynamic destabilization of Mg2FeH6 in the pelletized sample is observed through measuring the pressure-composition isotherms, resulting in the reduced ab/desorption enthalpy for the pellet sample (−68.34 and 75.61 kJ/mol H2, respectively). The hydrogen uptake and release kinetics of Mg2FeH6 is remarkably fast, and it can store/release about 5 wt% H in less than 2.5 min at 400 °C. The faster hydrogen ab/desorption kinetics corresponds to the lower activation energies (36 and 95 kJ/mol H2, respectively). The excellent yield of Mg2FeH6 and its improved hydrogen storage properties for the compressed pellet are primarily attributed to the microstructural modifications upon high-pressure compression, and also the obtained results for Mg2FeH6 ternary hydride are linked to the literature data based on theoretical calculations.
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