Role of native defects and the effects of metal additives on the kinetics of magnesium borohydride

Magnesium borohydride (Mg(BH 4 ) 2 ) has been considered as a potential material for hydrogen storage. In this paper, density functional theory studies have been carried out on native point defects and electrically active impurities (Ni and Ti) in Mg(BH 4 ) 2 . A detailed analysis of the geometrical...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 2019-06, Vol.21 (21), p.11226-11233
Hauptverfasser: Huang, Zhuonan, Wang, Yuqi, Wang, Di, Yang, Fusheng, Wu, Zhen, Wu, Le, Zhang, Zaoxiao
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Magnesium borohydride (Mg(BH 4 ) 2 ) has been considered as a potential material for hydrogen storage. In this paper, density functional theory studies have been carried out on native point defects and electrically active impurities (Ni and Ti) in Mg(BH 4 ) 2 . A detailed analysis of the geometrical structures, energetics and migration of the defects reveals that hydrogen related defects are charged and their formation energies are Fermi-level dependent. We propose a specific mechanism for the decomposition of Mg(BH 4 ) 2 : the self-diffusion of Mg i 2+ is the rate-limiting process for decomposing Mg(BH 4 ) 2 . Moreover, Ni and Ti impurities can tailor the hydrogen desorption kinetics of Mg(BH 4 ) 2 by shifting the Fermi level, but the effects of impurities on shifting the Fermi levels are related to how the impurity is incorporated into Mg(BH 4 ) 2 . The formation and migration of Mg i 2+ are the rate-limiting processes for decomposing Mg(BH 4 ) 2 .
ISSN:1463-9076
1463-9084
DOI:10.1039/c9cp01467e