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Supercritical Nitrogen Processing for the Purification of Reactive Porous Materials
Published on: May 15, 2015
Hydrogen storage by boron-nitrogen heterocycles: a simple route for spent fuel regeneration
Patrick G Campbell1, Lev N Zakharov, Daniel J Grant
1Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA.
Abstract:
We describe a new hydrogen storage platform based on well-defined BN heterocyle materials. Specifically, we demonstrate that regeneration of the spent fuel back to the charged fuel can be accomplished using molecular H(2) and H(-)/H(+) sources. Crystallographic characterization of intermediates along the regeneration pathway confirms our structural assignments and reveals unique bonding changes associated with increasing hydrogen content on boron and nitrogen. Synthetic access to the fully charged BN cyclohexane fuels will now enable investigations of these materials in hydrogen desorption studies.
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