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Progress in Chemistry 2012, Vol. 24 Issue (04): 650-658 Previous Articles   

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Controlled Hydrogen Generation by Reaction of Aluminum with Water

Ma Guanglu, Zhuang Dawei, Dai Hongbin, Wang Ping   

  1. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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Aluminum is the most abundant crustal metallic element on the earth and 100% recycled in theory. Controlled hydrogen generation (HG) by reaction of aluminum with water could provide a renewable energy cycle to address the global energy problem. In this perspective, we present the state of art in the principle, mechanism, approaches, and hydrogen generator of HG from the reaction of aluminum with water, and further discuss some remaining problems in the development of aluminum-based HG system. The key to the HG by the reaction of aluminum with water is how to disrupt/inhibit a native/regeneration coherent and adherent passivation film of aluminum surface. The fast kinetics is desirable in developing the aluminum-based HG system for the practical application. The design of hydrogen generator should focus on the utilization of reaction heat to preheat fuel, the recycle of water from the fuel cell, the fuel cartridges and the process of separation by the membrane. The use of recycled scrap aluminum will provide a reasonable hydrogen cost, thus promoting its commercial applications.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 The principle and mechanism of hydrogen generation from reaction of aluminum with water
3 Approaches of hydrogen generation from reaction of aluminum with water
3.1 Hydroxide promoters
3.2 Oxide/salt promoters
3.3 Aluminum alloying
3.4 Combined hydroxide and oxide/salt promoters
4 Design of hydrogen generator of hydrogen generation of reaction of aluminum with water
5 Cost and recycling of spent fuel of hydrogen generation from reaction of aluminum with water
6 Conclusions and outlook
Key words: aluminum, hydrogen generation, reaction kinetics, hydrogen generator

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