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Mohamed El Hebri Rahmouni1, Andrei Agafonov1, Faye Greaves1
1Univ. Paris-Est Creteil, CNRS, ICMPE, UMR 7182, 2 Rue Henri Dunant, Thiais 94320, France.
Abstract:
Building upon previously reported high-entropy alloys (HEA) in the Ti-V-Cr-Nb-Mo/Fe compositional space, this study presents a novel bcc alloy containing 6 at. % of the earth-abundant element Fe, exhibiting enhanced hydrogen storage properties at room temperature (25 °C). The optimized bcc Ti23V30Nb10Cr31Fe6 alloy rapidly absorbs hydrogen at room temperature with a maximum gravimetric capacity of 3.4 wt % and an enthalpy of hydride formation of -34 kJ/mol H2. This value is among the lowest reported to date for bcc HEAs. The reversible capacity of this alloy remains stable at 2.0 wt % upon 20 absorption/desorption cycles at room temperature, which is among the highest reported values for this material class. Collectively, these advances highlight the potential of Fe-containing multielement alloys as efficient and economical candidates for next-generation hydrogen storage systems.
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