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AlTi5B Catalyzed Hydrogenation Reaction of Al-rich Alloys: an Efficient and Economical Approach for Hydrogen Production |
WANG Hongbo1,2, XIE Zhixiong1,2, DONG Shijie1,2, HUANG Haijun3, GAO Haiyan3
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1 Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China; 2 School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China; 3 The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China |
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Abstract This study investigated the impact of AlTi5B introduction on the hydrogen production performance of Al-5Ga-5Sn (wt%) alloy in reaction with water. The experimental results demonstrated that Al-5Ga-5Sn alloy with 0.5wt% AlTi5B acquired the best hydrogen production amount, hydrogen yield and conversion rate in hydrogenation reaction. The reaction of 1 g Al-5Ga-5Sn-0.5%AlTi5B alloy in water under 60 ℃ for 20 min resulted in a hydrogen production amount of 1 170 mL and a conversion rate of 96%. With a AlTi5B mass fraction of below or above 0.5%, there would be a drop in hydrogen production amount and hydrogen yield of the Al-5Ga-5Sn alloy participated hydrogenation reaction. The observation by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that the grains of Al-5Ga-5Sn alloy were remarkably refined after the addition of 0.5% AlTi5B. A alteration in Al crystal grains from columnar crystals with an average size of 100 μm to equiaxed crystals with an average size of 30 μm was observed. The analytic results of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) indicated that Al-5Ga-5Sn alloy with 0.5% AlTi5B presented more se-rious surface oxidation than the one without AlTi5B, demonstrating the enhanced chemical activity of Al-5Ga-5Sn alloy by AlTi5B. According to the electrochemical test results, the open circuit voltage of Al-5Ga-5Sn alloy was reduced from the original -1.27 V to -1.39 V after adding 0.5% AlTi5B. Consequently, main factors that promote the hydrolysis of Al-5Ga-5Sn alloy and improve hydrogen production performance lies in significant refined grains, increased activity of Al-5Ga-5Sn alloy and reduced open circuit voltage.
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Published: 15 January 2020
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About author:: Hongbo Wang, a master student at Hubei University of Technology, focusing on the research of hydrogen generation performance of aluminum matrix composites.;Zhixiong Xie,received his Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2012. He is the vice director of Department of Material Forming and Control Engineering, Hubei University of Technology. He is a project leader of National Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province and participated in several research projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. His research focus on the preparation, microstructure and properties of high strength and high conductivity copper alloys, and the hydrogen generation with Al-water splitting reaction. |
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