Synchrotron 2011
The principal objectives for the project:
- Develop novel aluminium-, magnesium- and boron-based metal hydrides with high gravimetric storage capacity and appropriate thermodynamics for vehicular hydrogen storage.
- Use synchrotron X-ray diffraction to determine structures, understand absorption/desorption processes and the effect of catalysts in novel metal hydrides
- Educate one Phd fellow
Sub-goals:
- Determine crystal structures of novel light-weight metal hydrides on aluminium, magnesium and boron.
- Study absorption (with the 700 bar setup at SNBL) and desorption processes in metal hydrides.
- carry out experiments and synchrotron X-rauy diffraction combined with Raman spectroscopy and EXAFS
Budget: 2,4 mill.NOK. Duration: 2009 - 2011
The work will periodically be done at the Swiss Norwegian Beam Line at ESRF in Grenoble, France.
