Core-Shell Confinement Blocks Hydride Formation: The Impact of Surface Oxides on Hydrogen Sorption in Nanoporous FeTi
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| author | Schweiger, Lukas Spieckermann, Florian Burtscher, Michael Wurster, Stefan Stock, Sebastian Kostoglou, Nikolaos Paris, Oskar Schökel, Alexander Karimi, Fahim Gizer, Gökhan Pistidda, Claudio Kiener, Daniel Eckert, Jürgen |
| author_facet | Schweiger, Lukas Spieckermann, Florian Burtscher, Michael Wurster, Stefan Stock, Sebastian Kostoglou, Nikolaos Paris, Oskar Schökel, Alexander Karimi, Fahim Gizer, Gökhan Pistidda, Claudio Kiener, Daniel Eckert, Jürgen |
| contents | Metal hydrides remain an intriguing alternative to conventional gaseous and liquid hydrogen storage methods, offering high volumetric storage density and enhanced hydrogen storage safety at ambient conditions. In this regard, the intermetallic compound FeTi is one of the most promising storage materials. However, its widespread industrial application remains challenging due to the need for activation, slow initial kinetics, large hysteresis, and high material costs. In this study, we aim to overcome these limitations by devising an alternative synthesis pathway to prepare nanoporous and ultra-fine porous FeTi with controlled grain and ligament sizes, allowing us to study the obtained well-defined microstructures in detail. In particular, we observe the confinement of the FeTi phase by surface oxides, which can be correlated with the hydrogen sorption properties of the respective material. These experimental results are further supported by an analytical model allowing the calculation of the absorption pressure as a function of microstructure-dependent elastic stresses. Additionally, we show that such stresses also influence the absorption-desorption hysteresis. This study lays the groundwork for the controlled and systematic study of the processing-structure-properties relations in metal hydrides and FeTi in particular, thereby paving the way to cost-effective and efficient hydrogen storage solutions based on metal hydrides. |
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| spellingShingle | Core-Shell Confinement Blocks Hydride Formation: The Impact of Surface Oxides on Hydrogen Sorption in Nanoporous FeTi Schweiger, Lukas Spieckermann, Florian Burtscher, Michael Wurster, Stefan Stock, Sebastian Kostoglou, Nikolaos Paris, Oskar Schökel, Alexander Karimi, Fahim Gizer, Gökhan Pistidda, Claudio Kiener, Daniel Eckert, Jürgen Materials Science Metal hydrides remain an intriguing alternative to conventional gaseous and liquid hydrogen storage methods, offering high volumetric storage density and enhanced hydrogen storage safety at ambient conditions. In this regard, the intermetallic compound FeTi is one of the most promising storage materials. However, its widespread industrial application remains challenging due to the need for activation, slow initial kinetics, large hysteresis, and high material costs. In this study, we aim to overcome these limitations by devising an alternative synthesis pathway to prepare nanoporous and ultra-fine porous FeTi with controlled grain and ligament sizes, allowing us to study the obtained well-defined microstructures in detail. In particular, we observe the confinement of the FeTi phase by surface oxides, which can be correlated with the hydrogen sorption properties of the respective material. These experimental results are further supported by an analytical model allowing the calculation of the absorption pressure as a function of microstructure-dependent elastic stresses. Additionally, we show that such stresses also influence the absorption-desorption hysteresis. This study lays the groundwork for the controlled and systematic study of the processing-structure-properties relations in metal hydrides and FeTi in particular, thereby paving the way to cost-effective and efficient hydrogen storage solutions based on metal hydrides. |
| title | Core-Shell Confinement Blocks Hydride Formation: The Impact of Surface Oxides on Hydrogen Sorption in Nanoporous FeTi |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.03349 |