Nogita, Kazuhiro
Tran, Xuan Q.
Yamamoto, Tomokazu
Tanaka, Eishi
McDonald, Stuart D.
Gourlay, Christopher M.
Yasuda, Kazuhiro
Matsumura, Syo
Article History
Received: 27 November 2014
Accepted: 21 January 2015
First Online: 13 February 2015
Competing interests
: K.N. holds a patent on modification of hypoeutectic Mg-Ni alloys with alkali and alkali-earth metals (K. Nogita and A. K. Dahle, “Magnesium Alloys for Hydrogen Storage”, International Patent Application No: WO 2006/060851, 2/12/2005) which resulted in a spin-off company Hydrexia Pty. Ltd. which is working to build a commercial H-storage system from this technology. This letter is about the fundamental mechanisms of dehydriding of MgH<sub>2</sub> and is not related to the claims of the patent and has no direct financial implications on the work of Hydrexia Pty. Ltd. K.N. also supervises an ongoing research project at the University of Queensland funded by Hydrexia Pty. Ltd.