Abstract:In previous studies, complex hydrides LiBH 4 and Mg 2 FeH 6 have been reported to undergo simultaneous dehydrogenation when ball-milled as composite materials (1 − x)LiBH 4 + xMg 2 FeH 6 . The simultaneous hydrogen release led to a decrease of the dehydrogenation temperature by as much as 150 K when compared to that of LiBH 4 . It also led to the modified dehydrogenation properties of Mg 2 FeH 6 . The simultaneous dehydrogenation behavior between stoichiometric ratios of LiBH 4 and Mg 2 FeH 6 is not yet understood. Therefore, in the present work, we used the molar ratio x = 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75, and studied the isothermal dehydrogenation processes via pressure-composition-isothermal (PCT) measurements. The results indicated that the same stoichiometric reaction occurred in all of these composite materials, and x = 0.5 was the molar ratio between LiBH 4 and Mg 2 FeH 6 in the reaction. Due to the optimal composition ratio, the composite material exhibited enhanced rehydrogenation and reversibility properties: the temperature and pressure of 673 K and 20 MPa of H 2 , respectively, for the full rehydrogenation of x = 0.5 composite, were much lower than those required for the partial rehydrogenation of LiBH 4 . Moreover, the x = 0.5 composite could be reversibly hydrogenated for more than four cycles without degradation of its H 2 capacity.