Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht;
Sweden;
Lund S-22100;
School of Chemistry;
Institute of Materials Research;
University of Aarhus;
MAX-lab;
Germany;
Center for Energy Materials;
H;
Geesthacht 21502;
Aarhus C8000;
Lund University;
Argentina;
Materials Technology;
Nakhon Ratchasima 30000;
Suranaree University of Technology;
Thailand;
Instituto Balseiro (UNCuyo and CNEA);
Institute of Science;
S. C. de Bariloche R8402AGP;
Av. Bustillo fern 9.5;
iNANO and Department of Chemistry;
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET) and Centre Atomico Bariloche;
Denmark;
The hydrogen sorption behavior of the Mg_2FeH_6-MgH_2 hydride system is investigated via in-situ synchrotron and laboratory powder X-ray diffraction (SR-PXD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), particle size distribution (PSD) and volumetric techniques. The Mg_2FeH_6-MgH_2 hydride system is obtained by mechanical milling in argon atmosphere followed by sintering at high temperature and hydrogen pressure. In-situ SR-PXD results show that upon hydriding MgH_2 is a precursor for Mg_2FeH_6 formation and remained as hydrided phase in the obtained material. Diffusion constraints preclude the further formation of Mg_2FeH_6. Upon dehydriding, our results suggest that MgH_2 and Mg_2FeH_6 decompose independently in a narrow temperature range between 275 and 300 ℃. Moreover, the decomposition behavior of both hydrides in the Mg_2FeH_6-MgH_2 hydride mixture is influenced by each other via dual synergetic-destabilizing effects. The final hydriding/dehydriding products and therefore the kinetic behavior of the Mg_2FeH_6 -MgH_2 hydride system exhibits a strong dependence on the temperature and pressure conditions.