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Non-stoichiometric Mg-Ni composites for hydrogen storage: role of in-situ Mg2Ni formation in enhancing hydrogen sorption performance

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Babak O’. Shahreza *
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Fjodor Sergejev
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Hosseinali Omranpour
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Jacques Huot
DOI:10.1007/s40243-026-00378-2delete
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Magnesium-based alloys are promising hydrogen storage materials due to their high capacity but suffer from slow hydrogenation kinetics and high operating temperatures. While high-pressure torsion (HPT) enhances kinetics through microstructural refinement, and nickel addition provides catalytic effects, their combined influence on hydrogen storage performance remains insufficiently characterized. This work investigates Mg-Ni composites with variable Ni content (2–16 at%). After consolidating the powders by HPT and activating them in a Sievert apparatus, in-situ differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to track phase evolution and extract thermodynamic parameters. DSC thermal cycling under hydrogen promoted the in-situ solid-state synthesis of Mg₂Ni from the elemental mixtures. Activation energy analysis revealed systematic reduction with increasing Ni content. While HPT enhanced initial hydrogenation kinetics, thermodynamic parameters (enthalpy, entropy) showed no systematic variation across HPT conditions, as high thermal cycling temperatures (up to 450 °C) led to the annealing of HPT-induced structural defects. The findings demonstrate that compositional tuning through in-situ Mg₂Ni formation dominates hydrogen storage performance, with HPT serving primarily as an initial activation aid.
Keywords:
Severe plastic deformation
Metal hydrides
In-situ phase transformation
Hydrogen sorption
Thermodynamic hysteresis

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy cover
Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy
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5.5
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223
Citations:
955

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hydrogen research institute
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6
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Institute of Nanotechnology
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83
Papers: 34
Citations: 827
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department of mechanical and industrial engineering
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312
Papers: 158
Citations: 1
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