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Dalton Trans. 2016 Apr 14;45(14):6196-203. doi: 10.1039/c5dt04276c. Epub 2015 Dec 02.

Blending materials composed of boron, nitrogen and carbon to transform approaches to liquid hydrogen stores.

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)

Sean M Whittemore, Mark Bowden, Abhijeet Karkamkar, Kshitij Parab, Doinita Neiner, Tom Autrey, Jacob S A Ishibashi, Gang Chen, Shih-Yuan Liu, David A Dixon

Affiliations

  1. Fundamental Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.

PMID: 26629961 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04276c

Abstract

Mixtures of hydrogen storage materials containing the elements of boron, nitrogen, carbon, i.e., isomers of BN cyclopentanes are examined to find a 'fuel blend' that remains a liquid phase throughout hydrogen release, maximizes hydrogen storage density, minimizes impurities and remains thermally stable at ambient temperatures. We find that the mixture of ammonia borane dissolved in 3-methyl-1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborolidine (compound B) provide a balance of these properties and provides ca. 5.6 wt% hydrogen. The two hydrogen storage materials decompose at a faster rate than either individually and products formed are a mixture of molecular trimers. Digestion of the product mixture formed from the decomposition of the AB + B fuel blend with methanol leads to the two corresponding methanol adducts of the starting material and not a complex mixture of adducts. The work shows the utility of using blends of materials to reduce volatile impurities and preserve liquid phase.

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