Activities :
For clearness and efficiency of their control, the activities are grouped in
3 work packages (WP), according to the peculiarities of the compounds:
WP 1 : Storage in amides/hydrides
Objective: Nanoscale catalysis of hydrogen absorption/desorption in amides/hydrides by ball milling with organometallic compounds
Activities:
- Syntheses of organometallic compounds (UBB), structural and physico-chemical characterization, IR, NMR, adsorption on carbon nanostructures (UBB)
- Thermodynamic and kinetic characterization of H2 -amides/hydrides systems ball milled with organometallic catalysts (INCDTIM)
- Comparative analyses and "feed-back" for syntheses of new compounds (INCDTIM)
- Synthesis of new organometallic compounds with tailored properties (UBB)
WP 2 : Intermetallic compounds
Objective: The effects of the electronic interactions in RENi
1-xFe
xIn
1-yM
y hydrides on their characteristics - evaluation of hydrogen storage potential of this type of compounds
Activities:
- Preparation and structural, Mössbauer CEMS, magnetic characterization of the RENi1-xFexIn1-yMy type intermetallic compounds (INCDFM)
- Determination of the thermodynamic and kinetic characteristics of H2 - RENi1-xFexIn1-yMy systems (INCDTIM)
- Structural, Mössbauer CEMS, magnetic characterization of RENi1-xFexIn1-yMy hydrides (INCDFM)
- Analysis of the influence of electronic interactions between the component elements on the structural and thermodynamic characteristics of the hydrides; evaluation of hydrogen storage potential of this type of compounds (INCDFM)
WP 3 : Hydrogen storage container
Objective: Development of a 3 kWh (50g H
2) hydrogen storage container with amides/hydrides
Activities:
- Preparation and characterization of new organometallic compounds, adsorption of organometallic compounds on carbon nanostructures (UBB)
- Mössbauer CEMS characterization of Fe-containing organometallic compounds (INCDFM)
- Selection of the materials and organometallic catalysts with best hydrogen storage properties (INCDTIM)
- Design of the storage container (INCDTIM)
- Construction of an experimental model of 3 kWh (50g H2) hydrogen storage container (INCDTIM)
- Experiments of hydrogen absorption/desorption and evaluation of the storage performances (INCDTIM)
