title: Determination of the heat of hydride formation/decomposition by high-pressure differential scanning calorimetry (HP-DSC).
abstract: Among the thermodynamic properties of novel materials for solid-state hydrogen storage, the heat of formation/decomposition of hydrides is the most important parameter to evaluate the stability of the compound and its temperature and pressure of operation. In this work, the desorption and absorption behaviors of three different classes of hydrides are investigated under different hydrogen pressures using high-pressure differential scanning calorimetry (HP-DSC). The HP-DSC technique is used to estimate the equilibrium pressures as a function of temperature, from which the heat of formation is derived. The relevance of this procedure is demonstrated for (i) magnesium-based compounds (Ni-doped MgH2), (ii) Mg-Co-based ternary hydrides (Mg-CoHx) and (iii) Alanate complex hydrides (Ti-doped NaAlH4). From these results, it can be concluded that HP-DSC is a powerful tool to obtain a good approximation of the thermodynamic properties of hydride compounds by a simple and fast study of desorption and absorption properties under different pressures.
authors.affiliation: IFW Dresden, Institute for Metallic Materials, PO Box 270116, D-01171 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rongeat
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Llamas-Jansa
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doppiu
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deledda
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borgschulte
authors.forename: Ludwig
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gutfleisch