Magnesium-Based Materials for Hydrogen Storage—A Scope Review

Magnesium hydride and selected magnesium-based ternary hydride (Mg2FeH6, Mg2NiH4, and Mg2CoH5) syntheses and modification methods, as well as the properties of the obtained materials, which are modified mostly by mechanical synthesis or milling, are reviewed in this work. The roles of selected additives (oxides, halides, and intermetallics), nanostructurization, polymorphic transformations, and cyclic stability are described. Despite the many years of investigations related to these hydrides and the significant number of different additives used, there are still many unknown factors that affect their hydrogen storage properties, reaction yield, and stability. The described compounds seem to be extremely interesting from a theoretical point of view. However, their practical application still remains debatable.

Влияние Cr и Ni на формирование фаз в механосинтезированном нанокомпозите на основе Fe-=SUB=-75-=/SUB=-C-=SUB=-25-=/SUB=-

X-ray diffraction, Mossbauer spectroscopy, and magnetic measurements have been used to study the phase formation and doping during mechanical synthesis (MS) and subsequent annealing of the alloy (Fe0.80Cr0.05Ni0.15)75C25. It has been shown that, after MS, the nanocomposite contains mainly two phases – an amorphous phase and cementite A. During annealing, as a result of crystallization of the amorphous phase, cementite B is formed, in which contains more nickel than in the mechanically synthesized cementite A. As the annealing temperature increases, austenite, which is inhomogeneous in nickel content, is formed. The Curie temperature of this austenite reaches 500 °C. It has been determined that cementite in the mechanosynthesized nanocomposite (Fe,Cr,Ni)75C25 has a higher temperature stabilitythan that in a MS composite (Fe,Ni)75C25.

Mechanical synthesis of nanocomposites consisting of carbide-steels doped with chromium and nickel

The formation of phases in nanocomposites consisting of chromium- and nickel-doped carbide-steels obtained as a result of mechanical synthesis in a ball planetary mill and subsequent annealings has been studied. It was shown that after annealings at 700—800 °C in Fe0.80Cr0.10Ni0.10)83C17 composite the structure consisting mainly of nickel-doped austenite and chromium-doped cementite was realized. The cementite grain size is in the nanometer range.