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Improved dehydrogenation of LiBH4 supported on nanoscale SiO2 via liquid phase method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

X.Y. Chen ,
Y.H. Guo ,
L. Gao  and
X.B. Yu
X.Y. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
Y.H. Guo
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
L. Gao
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
X.B. Yu*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: yuxuebin@fudan.edu.cn
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Abstract

A wet loading method was developed to produce nano-sized LiBH4 combined with nano-SiO2 templates. The multicomponent LiBH4/SiO2 material synthesized by the wet method has been found to dehydrogenate at much lower temperatures than the pure LiBH4, as well as LiBH4/SiO2 mixtures prepared by ball milling. For example, the onset of dehydrogenation was decreased to about 200 °C for a wet-treated LiBH4/SiO2 mixture with a mass ratio of 1:1, and the majority of the hydrogen could be released below 350 °C. The improved dehydrogenation of the wet-treated LiBH4/SiO2 mixtures can be attributed to the destabilization of SiO2, resulting in the formation of lithium metasilicate (Li2SiO3) upon heating, and the confinement of LiBH4 to form nanoscale particles.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 25 , Issue 12 , December 2010 , pp. 2415 - 2421
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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