Abstract
To address the issues of poor thermal conductivity and fragmentation of metal hydride particles undergoing hydriding/dehydriding reactions, a metal hydride-based composite material was developed. The active metal phase was embedded in a silica matrix and agraphite filler was incorporated by ball milling. A set of compact pellet samples at different composition were prepared and tested. Experimental data obtained from the thermal conductivity measurements shown that using powder graphite produced a quite linear increase in the thermal conductivity of the metal hydride –silica composite. Ongoing studies include composition optimization as well as longterm testing upon cycling of such metal hydride composites to evaluate their potentiality in technological hydrogen storage applications.
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