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2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of high capacity and low cost hydrogen storage materials using self-organization induced by hydrogenation

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 17K06853
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Structural/Functional materials
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Asano Kohta  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エネルギー・環境領域, 主任研究員 (30415640)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Keywordsエネルギー材料 / 水素貯蔵材料 / 構造材料 / 非平衡合金 / クラスター構造
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Mg based hydrides are attractive hydrogen energy materials because of their relative high gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen storage capacities combined with low material costs. However, most of them are too stable to release the hydrogen under moderate conditions. Here we synthesize the hydride of Mg2FexSi1-x which consists of Mg2FeH6 and Mg2Si with the same cubic structure. For Si-rich hydrides (x < 0.5), Mg2FeH6 domains are nanometer-sized and embedded in a Mg2Si matrix. This synthesized metallographic structure leads to a distortion of the Mg2FeH6 lattice, resulting in the thermal destabilization. Our results indicate that nanometer-sized Mg based transition metal hydrides can be formed by the hydrogenation of nonequilibrium Mg-Fe-Si composites. In this way, the thermodynamics of hydrogen absorption and desorption can be tuned which allows for the development of light-weight and inexpensive hydrogen storage materials.

Free Research Field

水素貯蔵材料

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、再生可能エネルギー起源のエネルギーシステム高効率化を目指して、高水素貯蔵密度かつ低コストのMgを水素貯蔵材料として利用すべく水素化物合成研究を実施した。Mgの主課題は水素化物の不安定化を図り、水素吸蔵放出反応温度を低下させることである。高い水素貯蔵量および低い原料金属コストを実現するため、Mg, FeおよびSiから成る新たな水素化物の合成に成功し、各種構造解析により特殊なナノメートル構造が水素とMgの反応温度低下に結びつくことが実験的に示された。本研究により、水素エネルギーの広い社会普及に向けた低コスト水素貯蔵材料の開発指針が得られたものと期待できる。

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Published: 2021-02-19  

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