Dehydriding and rehydriding processes of well-crystallized Mg(BH4)2 accompanying with formation of intermediate compounds
Dehydriding and rehydriding properties of well-crystallized Mg(BH4)2 were systematically investigated by thermogravimetry (TG) and pressure–composition–temperature (PCT) measurements. The dehydriding reaction of Mg(BH4)2starts at approximately 500 K, and about 14.4 mass% of hydrogen is desorbed according to the following multi-step reaction:Mg(BH4)2 ? some intermediate compounds ? MgH2 + 2B + 3H2 ? Mg + 2B + 4H2The apparent enthalpy change in the dehydriding reaction from Mg(BH4)2 to MgH2 is estimated to be 57 ± 5 kJ mol?1 H2 based on the result of the PCT measurement. It is proved that approximately 6.1 mass% of hydrogen can be reversibly stored for the sample of Mg(BH4)2 after the dehydriding reaction, through the formation of a possible intermediate compound such as MgB12H12.
H.-W. Lia?K. Kikuchia?Y. Nakamoria?N. Ohbab?K. Miwab?S. Towatab?S. OrimoaEmail:orimo@imr.tohoku.ac.jp
[a]Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980–8577, Japan;[b]Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480–1192, Japan
