Ammonia-free infiltration of NaBH<inf>4</inf> into highly-ordered mesoporous silica and carbon matrices for hydrogen storage

F. Peru, S. Garroni, R. Campesi, C. Milanese, A. Marini, E. Pellicer, M. D. Baró, G. Mulas

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Abstract

In this work we focused on nanoconfinement of NaBH4 into highly-ordered Si-based mesoporous scaffold and its carbon replica by ammonia-free wet chemical impregnation. Structural and morphological characterization, performed by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy enabled us to confirm the effectiveness infiltration procedure. Desorption properties tested by temperature programmed desorption analyses highlighted a noticeable shift towards lower temperature compared to both bulk material and samples of similar systems referred to in the bibliographical data. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume580
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Mar 2013

Keywords

  • Hydrogen absorbin materials
  • Nanofabrications
  • Nanostructured materials
  • Sol-gel processes
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM
  • X-ray diffraction

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