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Nanosheet-like Lithium Borohydride Hydrate with 10 wt % Hydrogen Release at 70 °C as a Chemical Hydrogen Storage
Ruyan Wu1, Zhuanghe Ren1, Xin Zhang1
1State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , China.
Abstract:
A nanosheet-like lithium borohydride hydrate (LiBH4·H2O) measuring 20-30 nm in thickness is successfully synthesized for the first time by a facile, scalable freeze-drying strategy. The prepared LiBH4·H2O nanosheets start releasing hydrogen below 50 °C and release an amount up to approximately 10 wt % at 70 °C because of the strong affinity of H+ in the H2O ligand and H- in the BH4 group. The reported dehydrogenation properties here are superior to those of all known complex hydrides, indicating applicability as an advanced chemical hydrogen storage medium.
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