| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage VI
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| Presentation Title |
Activated Alumina as Value-added Byproduct from the Hydrolysis of Hierarchical Nanoporous Aluminum with Pure Water to Generate Hydrogen Fuel |
| Author(s) |
Timothy Lee, Jintao Fu, John Corsi, Eric Detsi |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Timothy Lee |
| Abstract Scope |
The sale of value-added byproducts from hydrogen-generating reactions can lower the costs of hydrogen fuel. Metal hydrolysis is a chemical process that produces hydrogen gas with a metal hydroxide species; however, this reaction is rarely observed without the addition of chemical catalysts or extreme reaction conditions. Here I will demonstrate the use of nanoporous aluminum to create hydrogen via hydrolysis without any catalyst additives.[1] The advantage of this method is the co-production of pure aluminum hydroxide. Also, the transformation of this hydrolysis byproduct into valuable materials can elucidate measures in reducing the overall cost of hydrogen.[2] Our results show (i) the synthesis of nanoporous aluminum is scalable, and (ii) the transformation of the aluminum hydroxide byproduct into high surface-area “activated alumina” as a commercially viable product.[2]
[1] J.S. Corsi et al: ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 7 (2019).
[2] T. Lee et al: Journal Mater. Chem (Under Review). |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Supplemental Proceedings volume |