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Spring 2014
Magnesium is a promising material for solid state hydrogen storage applications owing to its high theoretical capacity of 8.2 wt% (H/Mg). Unfavourable thermodynamics coupled with poor kinetics leads to unacceptably slow sorption rates at modest temperatures and pressures. Approaches to increasing...
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Tailoring sorption properties of nano-sized multilayer structured magnesium for hydrogen storage
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To tailor the hydrogen sorption properties of magnesium, improve its poor kinetics and alter its thermodynamics properties, sputtered multilayer Mg-based thin films were prepared in which Mg layers were confined by AlTi layers. Multilayer samples of different Mg thickness showed relatively long...
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Spring 2011
We have designed and engineered bi-catalyst magnesium hydride composites with superior sorption performance to that of ball milled magnesium hydride catalyzed with the individual baseline catalysts. We have examined the effect of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)-metallic nanoparticle...
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Spring 2011
Accumulative roll bonding was adapted to fabricate a carbon nanotube reinforced aluminum matrix composite. The microstructure was investigated by transmission electron microscopy, and it was confirmed that the nanotubes were embedded into the metal matrix while maintaining their multiwalled...
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Microstructure-property correlation in magnesium-based hydrogen storage systems- The case for ball-milled magnesium hydride powder and Mg-based multilayered composites
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The main focus of this thesis is the characterization of defects and microstructure in high-energy ball milled magnesium hydride powder and magnesium-based multilayered composites. Enhancement in kinetics of hydrogen cycling in magnesium can be achieved by applying severe plastic deformation. A...
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Fall 2011
Hydrogen storage has been a key area of focus in the clean energy field for over a decade, as it is a major obstacle to the widespread adoption of fuel cells for mobile applications. The aim of this thesis research was to improve the Magnesium Aluminum hydrogen storage system in order to make it...