Research Article

Hydrogenated Microstructure and Its Hydrogenation Properties: A Density Functional Theory Study

Table 3

Thermodynamics and kinetics descriptors.

Cluster nameΔΔΔ
kJ/molkJ/molJ/mol·KS−1

Mg–(H2)−62.90−5.64−158.18
Mg–(H2)2−58.85−1.42−159.13
Mg2Ni–(H2)2−52.78−13.41−166

Δ: reaction enthalpy, Δ: Gibb’s free energy, : rate of adsorption at 303 K.