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Silver-Assisted Hydrogen Evolution from Aluminum Oxidation in Saline Media

Version 1 : Received: 10 January 2024 / Approved: 11 January 2024 / Online: 11 January 2024 (13:17:40 CET)

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Buryakovskaya, O.A.; Maslakov, K.I.; Borshchev, N.O.; Ambaryan, G.N.; Butyrin, A.V.; Vlaskin, M.S. Silver-Assisted Hydrogen Evolution from Aluminum Oxidation in Saline Media. Molecules 2024, 29, 530. Buryakovskaya, O.A.; Maslakov, K.I.; Borshchev, N.O.; Ambaryan, G.N.; Butyrin, A.V.; Vlaskin, M.S. Silver-Assisted Hydrogen Evolution from Aluminum Oxidation in Saline Media. Molecules 2024, 29, 530.

Abstract

Swarf of aluminum alloy with high corrosion resistance and ductility was successfully converted into fine hydroreactive powders via its ball milling with silver powder and either lithium chloride or gallium. The later substances significantly intensified particle size reduction, while silver formed ‘cathodic’ sites (Ag, Ag2Al) promoting Al corrosion in aqueous saline solutions with hydrogen generation. The diffraction patterns, microphotographs, and elemental analysis results demonstrated partial aluminum oxidation in the samples and their contamination with tungsten carbide from milling balls. Those effects were responsible for obtaining hydrogen yields lower than expected. For AlCl3 solution at 60 °C, Al–LiCl–Ag, Al–LiCl, Al–Ga–Ag, and Al–Ga composites delivered (84.6±0.2), (86.8±1.4), (80.2±0.5), and (76.7±0.7)% of the expected hydrogen respectively. Modification with Ag promoted Al oxidation thus providing higher hydrogen evolution rates. The samples with Ag were tested in CaCl2 solution as well, for which the reaction proceeded much slower. At a higher temperature (80 °C) after 3 h of experiment, the hydrogen yields for Al–LiCl–Ag and Al–Ga–Ag powders were (46.7±2.1) and (31.8±1.9)%. The tested Ag-modified composite powders were considered promising for hydrogen generation and had a potential for further improvement to provide higher performance.

Keywords

aluminum-silver powder; gallium; lithium chloride; high energy ball milling; aqueous chlorine solution; hydrogen generation.

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Metals, Alloys and Metallurgy

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