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Interaction of hydrogen with metal nitrides and imides

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  • Ping Chen

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Zhitao Xiong

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Jizhong Luo

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Jianyi Lin

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Kuang Lee Tan

    (National University of Singapore)

Abstract

The pursuit of a clean and healthy environment has stimulated much effort in the development of technologies for the utilization of hydrogen-based energy. A critical issue is the need for practical systems for hydrogen storage, a problem that remains unresolved after several decades of exploration. In this context, the possibility of storing hydrogen in advanced carbon materials has generated considerable interest. But confirmation and a mechanistic understanding of the hydrogen-storage capabilities of these materials still require much work1,2,3,4,5. Our previously published work on hydrogen uptake by alkali-doped carbon nanotubes cannot be reproduced by others6,7,8. It was realized by us and also demonstrated by Pinkerton et al.8 that most of the weight gain was due to moisture, which the alkali oxide picked up from the atmosphere. Here we describe a different material system, lithium nitride, which shows potential as a hydrogen storage medium. Lithium nitride is usually employed as an electrode, or as a starting material for the synthesis of binary or ternary nitrides9,10. Using a variety of techniques, we demonstrate that this compound can also reversibly take up large amounts of hydrogen. Although the temperature required to release the hydrogen at usable pressures is too high for practical application of the present material, we suggest that more investigations are needed, as the metal–N–H system could prove to be a promising route to reversible hydrogen storage.

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  • Ping Chen & Zhitao Xiong & Jizhong Luo & Jianyi Lin & Kuang Lee Tan, 2002. "Interaction of hydrogen with metal nitrides and imides," Nature, Nature, vol. 420(6913), pages 302-304, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:420:y:2002:i:6913:d:10.1038_nature01210
    DOI: 10.1038/nature01210
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    1. Tunç, Nihat & Rakap, Murat, 2020. "Preparation and characterization of Ni-M (M: Ru, Rh, Pd) nanoclusters as efficient catalysts for hydrogen evolution from ammonia borane methanolysis," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 1222-1230.
    2. Liu, Yongfeng & Zhang, Wenxuan & Zhang, Xin & Yang, Limei & Huang, Zhenguo & Fang, Fang & Sun, Wenping & Gao, Mingxia & Pan, Hongge, 2023. "Nanostructured light metal hydride: Fabrication strategies and hydrogen storage performance," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).
    3. Abdin, Z. & Webb, C.J. & Gray, E.MacA., 2015. "Solar hydrogen hybrid energy systems for off-grid electricity supply: A critical review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 1791-1808.
    4. Thi-Thu Le & Claudio Pistidda & Julián Puszkiel & María Victoria Castro Riglos & David Michael Dreistadt & Thomas Klassen & Martin Dornheim, 2021. "Enhanced Hydrogen Storage Properties of Li-RHC System with In-House Synthesized AlTi 3 Nanoparticles," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(23), pages 1-16, November.
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    6. Donald L. Anton & Christine J. Price & Joshua Gray, 2011. "Affects of Mechanical Milling and Metal Oxide Additives on Sorption Kinetics of 1:1 LiNH 2 /MgH 2 Mixture," Energies, MDPI, vol. 4(5), pages 1-19, May.
    7. Gökhan Gizer & Hujun Cao & Julián Puszkiel & Claudio Pistidda & Antonio Santoru & Weijin Zhang & Teng He & Ping Chen & Thomas Klassen & Martin Dornheim, 2019. "Enhancement Effect of Bimetallic Amide K 2 Mn(NH 2 ) 4 and In-Situ Formed KH and Mn 4 N on the Dehydrogenation/Hydrogenation Properties of Li–Mg–N–H System," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-12, July.
    8. Ahmed Hussain Jawhari, 2022. "Novel Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Production and Storage: Evaluating the Futurity of Graphene/Graphene Composites in Hydrogen Energy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(23), pages 1-16, November.
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    10. Kasper T. Møller & Drew Sheppard & Dorthe B. Ravnsbæk & Craig E. Buckley & Etsuo Akiba & Hai-Wen Li & Torben R. Jensen, 2017. "Complex Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen, Thermal and Electrochemical Energy Storage," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-30, October.
    11. Han Wang & Hujun Cao & Guotao Wu & Teng He & Ping Chen, 2015. "The improved Hydrogen Storage Performances of the Multi-Component Composite: 2Mg(NH 2 ) 2 –3LiH–LiBH 4," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(7), pages 1-12, July.
    12. Hassan, I.A. & Ramadan, Haitham S. & Saleh, Mohamed A. & Hissel, Daniel, 2021. "Hydrogen storage technologies for stationary and mobile applications: Review, analysis and perspectives," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    13. Niaz, Saba & Manzoor, Taniya & Pandith, Altaf Hussain, 2015. "Hydrogen storage: Materials, methods and perspectives," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 457-469.

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