IINS investigation of magnesium hydride in nanoscale confinement

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In this experiment MgH_2 impregnated into active carbon will be investigated through IINS. Since it is known that the enthalpy of formation of a material is lowered by increasing its surface energy, it is possible to attain hydride destabilisation by decreasing the particle size, reaching a lower H_2-release temperature. In general, particles having nanoscale size are characterised by a different thermodynamics, a faster kinetics, and an increased number of defects. However, although preparation methods are being developed to infiltrate or impregnate hydrides into nanoporous carbon, the physical properties of such nanodispersed hydrides are still little known. We are convinced that neutron spectroscopy will clarify some crucial aspects of these new advanced materials. IINS data from TOSCA on NaAlH_4 infiltrated into active carbon have already revealed a totally modified lattice dynamics.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24090452
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24090452
Provenance
Creator Dr Daniele Colognesi; Dr Lorenzo Ulivi; Dr Maximilian Fichtner; Dr Zhirong Zhao-Karger; Dr Leonardo Bernasconi
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2016
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-03-25T10:28:13Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-03-27T09:43:38Z