Ultra-fast dehydrogenation behavior at low temperature of LiAlH4 modified by fluorographite

LiAlH 4 modified by different weight ratios of fluorographite (FGi) can be synthesized through mechanical ball-milling and their dehydrogenation behaviors were investigated. LiAlH 4 particles distributed on the FGi surface with greatly decreased sizes are achieved, comparing with ball-milled pristine LiAlH 4 . Greatly reduced dehydrogenation temperatures are discovered in LiAlH 4 -FGi composites. Among these composites, LiAlH 4 -40FGi composite exhibits an ultra-fast hydrogen release at very low temperature as 61.2 °C, and 5.7 wt% hydrogen is liberated in seconds. Besides, the released hydrogen is of high purity according to MS test. Furthermore, XRD analysis on the dehydrogenated products proves that FGi changes the dehydrogenation reaction pathway of LiAlH 4 , through which the dehydrogenation reaction enthalpy change is remarkably reduced, leading to greatly improved hydrogen desorption properties. Such investigations have discovered the potential of solid-state way of producing hydrogen under ambient temperatures.