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Weiwei Sun1, Shaofeng Li, Jianfeng Mao
1Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Abstract:
Successful synthesis and investigation of a new material that uses copper-metal-organic frameworks (Cu-MOFs) as the template for loading LiBH(4) are reported. The nanoconfinement of LiBH(4) in the pores of Cu-MOFs results in an interaction between LiBH(4) and Cu(2+) ions, enabling the LiBH(4)@Cu-MOFs system to achieve a much lower dehydrogenation temperature than pristine LiBH(4).
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