Application Perspectives of Nanocomposites Based on Carbon, Containing Mg, Ni, Ti as Materials for Hydrogen Storage
The catalytic activity experimental study of the transition metals Ti and Ni for hydrogenation/ dehydrogenation of Mg was carried out. By plasma-chemical synthesis the nanocomposites stabled by carbon were obtained. They had the following composition: Mg-C, Mg-Ti-C, Mg-Ni-C. The nanocomposites hydrogenation was carried out both in the process of synthesis and under pressure (6 MPa) for 20 minutes. Dehydrogenation process was fulfilled by heating to 700 °С at a rate of 1 °С/s. Magnesium hydride formation occurred only in the composite of Mg-Ni-C for nanocomposites which were hydrotreated under synthesis. The decomposition of this hydride was took place under the 644 °С. In case of nanocomposites, hydrogenated under pressure, the magnesium hydride decomposition start temperature in the Mg-Ni-C was 300 °С, in the Mg-Ti-C – 450 °С. Thus, the nanocomposite Mg-Ni-C provides the best conditions for the hydrogenation / dehydrogenation of hydrogen.