Objective
The principal objective of the present proposal is to develop new types of absorption materials for high-density (gravimetric and volumetric) storage of hydrogen. The subject of the proposal covers the materials synthesis aimed at achieving their improved performance as hydrogen storage materials through compositional, structural, catalytic, and nano-synthesis preparation of Al-based alloys and composite materials. Synthesis of reversible nano-scale hydrides of light elements (Al, Mg, Li), meeting internationally recognised criteria for the mobile hydrogen storage, > 6 wt.% H for the system in total, will be targeted. The preparatory technique encompasses five basic processes: a) mechanical alloying; b) application of high hydrogen synthesis pressures (up to 80 kbar); c) electrochemical synthesis of alane; d) synthesis of alane in hydrogen plasma; e) hydrogen metallurgy routes. The goal is a further elaboration of the techniques for the synthesis of nanomaterials and in the development of new hydrogen storage materials that can reach the storage densities required for future hydrogen-driven transport applications. The subgoals are: (a) To develop catalysed systems based on aluminium hydride for hydrogen storage, where the main goal will be in getting a full advantage of the high overall storage capacity of AlH3 of 10 wt.% H by controlled doping in order to achieve hydrogen desorption with the desired rate below 100oC. The focus will be on reversibility of the Al-AlH3 system, for example, by chemical doping of Al, by application of electrochemical charging, by using high pressure H2 loading for the direct catalytic hydrogenation of aluminium, or by interaction with hydrogen plasma. (b) Establishing the potential of aluminium hydride for mobile transport applications by building, testing and optimising a real storage system based on catalysed and modified AlH3. (c) To achieve control over the materials surface behaviour and microstructural state as related to hydrogen charge - discharge behaviours, where nanostructuring applied to the alloys of light elements Al, Mg, Li will be in focus. The work will be aimed at finding the optimum size of the nanograins favourable for H uptake and release, facilitating this process by catalytic intergrain additives and preventing the uncontrollable grain growth on cycling. The project enjoys the contribution from leading experts working in the field of hydrogen storage materials, synthesis and properties of aluminium hydride and brings together complementary scientific expertise from six groups representing two INTAS (Norway and Poland) and two NIS (Russia and Ukraine) countries.
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Norway
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