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Billeter E, Łodziana Z, Borgschulte A. Surface Properties of the Hydrogen-Titanium System. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2021; 125:25339-25349. [PMID: 34824662 PMCID: PMC8607499 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Titanium is an excellent getter material, catalyzes gas-solid reactions such as hydrogen absorption in lightweight metal hydrides and complex metal hydrides and has recently been shown as a potential ammonia synthesis catalyst. However, knowledge of the surface properties of this metal is limited when it absorbs large quantities of hydrogen at operation conditions. Both the conceptual description of such a surface as well as the experimental determination of surface hydrogen concentration on hydride-forming metals is challenging due to the dynamic bulk properties and the incompatibility of traditional surface science methods with the hydrogen pressure needed to form the metal hydride, respectively. In this paper, the surface pressure-composition isotherms of the titanium-hydrogen system are measured by operando reflecting electron energy loss spectroscopy (REELS). The titanium thin films were deposited on and hydrogenated through a palladium membrane, which provides an atomic hydrogen source under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. The measurements are supported by density functional theory calculations providing a complete picture of the hydrogen-deficient surface of TiH2 being the basis of its high catalytic activity.
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- Emanuel Billeter
- Laboratory
for Advanced Analytical Technologies, Empa—Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland
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- Laboratory
for Advanced Analytical Technologies, Empa—Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Zhang J, Zhu Y, Lin H, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Li S, Ma Z, Li L. Metal Hydride Nanoparticles with Ultrahigh Structural Stability and Hydrogen Storage Activity Derived from Microencapsulated Nanoconfinement. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1700760. [PMID: 28417577 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201700760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Metal hydrides (MHs) have recently been designed for hydrogen sensors, switchable mirrors, rechargeable batteries, and other energy-storage and conversion-related applications. The demands of MHs, particular fast hydrogen absorption/desorption kinetics, have brought their sizes to nanoscale. However, the nanostructured MHs generally suffer from surface passivation and low aggregation-resisting structural stability upon absorption/desorption. This study reports a novel strategy named microencapsulated nanoconfinement to realize local synthesis of nano-MHs, which possess ultrahigh structural stability and superior desorption kinetics. Monodispersed Mg2 NiH4 single crystal nanoparticles (NPs) are in situ encapsulated on the surface of graphene sheets (GS) through facile gas-solid reactions. This well-defined MgO coating layer with a thickness of ≈3 nm efficiently separates the NPs from each other to prevent aggregation during hydrogen absorption/desorption cycles, leading to excellent thermal and mechanical stability. More interestingly, the MgO layer shows superior gas-selective permeability to prevent further oxidation of Mg2 NiH4 meanwhile accessible for hydrogen absorption/desorption. As a result, an extremely low activation energy (31.2 kJ mol-1 ) for the dehydrogenation reaction is achieved. This study provides alternative insights into designing nanosized MHs with both excellent hydrogen storage activity and thermal/mechanical stability exempting surface modification by agents.
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- Jiguang Zhang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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Chapter 136 The intricate world of rare earth thin films: Metals, alloys, intermetallics, chemical compounds, …. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1273(05)80070-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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