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Review of magnesium hydride-based materials: development and optimisation

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Magnesium hydride has been studied extensively for applications as a hydrogen storage material owing to the favourable cost and high gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen densities. However, its high enthalpy of decomposition necessitates high working temperatures for hydrogen desorption while the slow rates for some processes such as hydrogen diffusion through the bulk create challenges for large-scale implementation. The present paper reviews fundamentals of the Mg–H system and looks at the recent advances in the optimisation of magnesium hydride as a hydrogen storage material through the use of catalytic additives, incorporation of defects and an understanding of the rate-limiting processes during absorption and desorption.

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This work is a part of the activities within IEA Task 32 Hydrogen-based Energy Storage. We are grateful for the task coordinator Dr. Michael Hirscher and all the experts from the Task 32 for the fruitful collaboration.

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  1. Université Paris Est, ICMPE (UMR 7182), CNRS, UPEC, 2 rue Henri Dunant, 94320, Thiais, France

    J.-C. Crivello, M. Latroche & C. Zlotea

  2. Delft University of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands

    B. Dam

  3. Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway

    R. V. Denys & V. A. Yartys

  4. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    V. A. Yartys

  5. Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH, Geesthacht, Germany

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  6. Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK

    D. M. Grant & G. S. Walker

  7. Hydrogen Research Institute, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, 3351, Canada

    J. Huot

  8. Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark

    T. R. Jensen

  9. Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    P. de Jongh

  10. Pavia Hydrogen Lab, C.S.G.I. and Chemistry Department, Pavia University, Pavia, Italy

    C. Milanese

  11. Lithuanian Energy Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania

    D. Milčius

  12. Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

    C. J. Webb

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Crivello, JC., Dam, B., Denys, R.V. et al. Review of magnesium hydride-based materials: development and optimisation. Appl. Phys. A 122, 97 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9602-0

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