Study on Influence of Processes on the Dehydrogenation Performance of NaAlH4

In this paper, the effects of preparation process, ball-milling equipments, storing time and ball-milling time on the dehydrogenation performances were analyzed. All the samples were ball-milled by planetary ball mill except for sample 3 which was ball-milled by high-energy vibration ball mill. The results indicate that the above mentioned influence factors present obvious effect on the dehydrogenation performances of NaAlH4. The dehydrogenation amount of the samples turned up and down during ball milling increases by 50wt%. Compared to the samples prepared by planetary mill, the dehydrogenation amount of samples prepared by the high-energy vibration ball mill increases markedly. The results from studying on storing time and milling time show that the dehydrogenation amounts of the samples milled by planetary mill and laid aside for 24 h get an obvious increase. In addition, the amount of the hydrogen release of the samples milled for different time with planetary mill presents significantly difference. The amount of the hydrogen release of the sample milled for 80 min is higher than those milled for 100, 40 and 60 min. However, compared to other influence factors, the effect of ball-milling time on NaAlH4 is smaller.