Abstract
The hydrogen desorption pathways and storage properties of 2 Mg(NH2)2–3 LiH–xLiBH4 samples (x=0, 1, 2, and 4) were investigated systematically by a combination of pressure composition isotherm (PCI), differential scanning calorimetric (DSC), and volumetric release methods. Experimental results showed that the desorption peak temperatures of 2 Mg(NH2)2–3 LiH–xLiBH4 samples were approximately 10–15 °C lower than that of 2 Mg(NH2)2–3 LiH. The 2 Mg(NH2)2–3 LiH–4 LiBH4 composite in particular began to release hydrogen at 90 °C, thereby exhibiting superior dehydrogenation performance. All of the LiBH4-doped samples could be fully dehydrogenated and re-hydrogenated at a temperature of 143 °C. The high hydrogen pressure region (above 50 bar) of PCI curves for the LiBH4-doped samples rose as the amount of LiBH4 increased. LiBH4 changed the desorption pathway of the 2 Mg(NH2)2–3 LiH sample under a hydrogen pressure of 50 bar, thereby resulting in the formation of MgNH and molten [LiNH2–2 LiBH4]. That is different from the dehydrogenation pathway of 2 Mg(NH2)2–3 LiH sample without LiBH4, which formed Li2Mg2N3H3 and LiNH2, as reported previously. In addition, the results of DSC analyses showed that the doped samples exhibited two independent endothermic events, which might be related to two different desorption pathways.
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