2.1. Preparation of nanoporous carbon aerogel scaffold (CAS).
2.2. Encapsulation of catalysts (TiCl4 and ZrCl4) into CAS by mean of solution impregnation to obtain catalyzed carbon aerogel scaffold (CCAS).
2.3. Preparation of composite hydride of 2LiBH4-MgH2 by using ball milling technique.
2.4. Nanoconfinement of ball-milled 2LiBH4-MgH2 into CCAS by direct melt infiltration.
2.5. Confirmation of nanoconfinement of catalysts and ball-milled 2LiBH4-MgH2 in CAS by N2 adsorptiondesorption measurements, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive Xray spectroscopy (EDS).
2.6. Evaluation of de-/rehydrogenation kinetics of the samples by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and titration experiments
2.7. Study of reaction mechanisms during dehydrogenation and rehydrogenation by powder Xray diffraction (PXD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).