Issue 14, 2015

Thermodynamically neutral Kubas-type hydrogen storage using amorphous Cr(iii) alkyl hydride gels

Abstract

In this paper we present amorphous chromium(III) hydride gels that show promise as reversible room temperature hydrogen storage materials with potential for exploitation in mobile applications. The material uses hydride ligands as a light weight structural feature to link chromium(III) metal centres together which act as binding sites for further dihydrogen molecules via the Kubas interaction, the mode of hydrogen binding confirmed by high pressure Raman spectroscopy. The best material possesses a reversible gravimetric storage of 5.08 wt% at 160 bar and 25 °C while the volumetric density of 78 kgH2 m−3 compares favourably to the DOE ultimate system goal of 70 kg m−3. The enthalpy of hydrogen adsorption is +0.37 kJ mol−1 H2 as measured directly at 40 °C using an isothermal calorimeter coupled directly to a Sieverts gas sorption apparatus. These data support a mechanism confirmed by computations in which the deformation enthalpy required to open up binding sites is almost exactly equal and opposite to the enthalpy of hydrogen binding to the Kubas sites, and suggests that this material can be used in on-board applications without a heat management system.

Graphical abstract: Thermodynamically neutral Kubas-type hydrogen storage using amorphous Cr(iii) alkyl hydride gels

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Jan 2015
Accepted
02 Mar 2015
First published
06 Mar 2015

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 9480-9487

Thermodynamically neutral Kubas-type hydrogen storage using amorphous Cr(III) alkyl hydride gels

L. Morris, M. L. Trudeau, D. Reed, D. Book and D. M. Antonelli, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 9480 DOI: 10.1039/C5CP00412H

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