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Institutt for Energiteknikk, Kjeller, Norway

Institutt for Energiteknikk (http://www.ife.no) established in 1948 is Norway’s national centre for energy technology. Physics Department at IFE is also the national centre for materials research using neutron scattering techniques (picture: JEEP II reactor at Kjeller). IFE has more than 55 years experience on studies of metal hydrides for hydrogen storage. Since 2002 the Physics Department has about 100 publications related to hydrogen storage materials, 2 patents and 1 patent application. IFE is/was involved in 7 projects funded by the Research Council of Norway, a Nordic Centre of Excellence on Hydrogen Storage Materials, 6 projects funded by the European Commission (partly finished): HYSTORY, STORHY, NESSHY, HYTRAIN, NANOHY, HYCONES and HYSIC (member of steering committees), a NEDO project (from Japan) and very active in the Task 22 of the IEA HIA. Main scientific activities are synthesis and characterisation of light weigh complex hydrides.

In FLYHY IFE will focus on materials preparation by ball milling, structural characterisation by X-ray/neutron diffraction and SANS/SAXS, in situ studies, diffraction combined with Raman spectroscopy and EXAFS/XANES, and different thermal characterisation.

Scientists involved in FLYHY:
People in the Physics Department at IFE (September 2008)
Prof. Dr. Bjørn C. Hauback: Principal scientist New Materials and Deputy Head of the Physics Department at IFE and Adjunct Professor at University of Oslo. He is leading the hydrogen storage activity at IFE. His expertise is hydrogen storage materials, oxides, magnetic materials, crystallography and neutron and X-ray diffraction. More than 190 scientific publications and contributed to about 380 presentations at conferences. He is involved in and also leading a number national and international projects related to hydrogen storage materials including being Operating Agent for Task 22 (Solid Hydrogen Storage Materials) in IEA HIA.

Dr. Magnus H. Sørby: expert in structural characterisation with powder X-ray and neutron diffraction. PhD at IFE in 2005, where he used Bragg and diffuse scattering to investigate long- and short range order in hydrides with classical crystallography and Reverse Monte Carlo modelling. Postdoc at IFE 2005-2006 with focus on synthesis, structure and thermal decomposition of complex hydrides. Permanent researcher at IFE since 2007.

The PUS diffractometer at the JEEP II reactor at IFE

Dr. Jiri Muller (Special Advisor): has taken part in all IFEs EC project on hydrogen storage. Coordinated FP5 project HYSTORY and FP6 SP Solid STORHY More than 100 scientific publications and contributed over 100 presentations at conferences (since 1976).

Dr. Hilde Grove: post doc at IFE. Contributed to synthesis and structural characterization.

Dr. Isabel Llamas-Jansa: post doc at IFE: In FLYHY contributed with synthesis, diffraction, spectroscopy and thermal characterisation.

Experimental facilities:

Ball mills, arc melter, neutron and X-ray diffraction, SANS, SAXS, Sieverts appartus, HP-DSC and TDS, SEM.

Selected publications:
  • Jon Erling Fonnelop, Marta Corno, Hilde Grove, Eugenio Pinatel, Magnus H. Sorby, Piero Ugliengo, Marcello Baricco, Bjorn C Hauback, Experimental and computational investigations on the AlH3/AlF3 system, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 509 (2011) 10-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.08.147, ⇒ Open Access
  • Rude, L.H., Filinchuk, Y., Sørby, M.H., Hauback, B.C., Besenbacher, F., Jensen, T.R.: Anion substitution in Ca(BH4)2-CaI2; Synthesis, structure and stability of three new compounds. Submitted to J. Amer. Chem. Soc. (2010)
  • Sørby, M.H., Alioune, N., Deledda, S., Fonneløp, J.E., Frommen, C., Grove, H., Lieutenant, K., Llamas-Jansa, I., Sartori, S, Hauback, B.C.: Chloride substituted sodium borohydrides, Na(BH4)1-xClx, from mechanical milling of NaBH4 and transition metal chlorides. Submitted to Chem. Comm. (2010)
  • Llamas-Jansa, I., Aliounane, N., Deledda, S., Fonneløp, J.E., Frommen, C., Lieutenant, K., Sartori, S., Sørby, M., Hauback, B.C.: Mechano-chemical reaction between NaBH4 and transition metal chlorides. Submitted to Dalton Trans. (2010)
  • H.W. Brinks, A. Fossdal, A., B.C. Hauback: Adjustment of the stability of complex hydrides through anion substitution. J. Phys. Chem. C. (2008) 112, 5658-5661.
  • M.D. Riktor, M.H. Sørby, M. Fichtner, K. Chłopek, F. Buchter, A. Züttel, B.C. Hauback: In situ synchrotron studies of phase transitions and thermal decomposition of Mg(BH4)2 and Ca(BH4)2. J. Mater. Chem. (2007) 17, 4939-4942.
  • S. Sartori, S.M. Opalka, O.M. Løvvik, M. Guzik, X. Tang, B.C. Hauback: Experimental studies of a- and a’-AlD3 versus first-principles modeling of the alane isomorphs. In press J. Mater. Chem. (2008).

Presentations

  • Hauback, B.C., Llamas-Jansa, I., Aliouane, N., Deledda, S., Fonneløp, J.E., Frommen, C., Grove, H., Lieutenant, K., Sartori, S., Sørby, M.H.: BH4- subsituted by Cl- in NaBH4. International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems, Moscow, Russia, July 2010.
  • Grove, H., Sørby, M.H., Rude, L.H., Jensen, T.R., Hauback, B.C.: Substituting BH4 with halide in Ca(BH4)2. 6th Nordic Center of Excellent on Hydrogen Storage Materials meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania, October 2009.
  • Fonneløp, J.E., Sartori, S., Hauback, B.C.: Effect of fluoride additives on the decomposition of alane. Gordon Research Conference Hydrogen-Metal Systems, Italy, July 2009.
  • Fonneløp, J.E., Sartori, S., Sørby, M.H., Hauback, B.C.: Effect of fluorine additives on the synthesis and decomposition of AlH3. NANOMAT conference, Lillehammer, June 2009.
Contact:

Prof. Bjørn Hauback
Institutt for Energiteknikk
P.O. Box 40
NO-2027 Kjeller
Norway

Phone +47 (63) 80 60 78
Fax +47 (63) 81 09 20

http://www.ife.no/main_subjects_new/materialtechnology/hudrogenstorage/view?set_language=en

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