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Unusual oxidation behavior of light metal hydride by tetrahydrofuran solvent molecules confined in ordered mesoporous carbon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2013

Markus Klose ,
Inge Lindemann ,
Christian Bonatto Minella ,
Katja Pinkert ,
Martin Zier ,
Lars Giebeler ,
Pau Nolis ,
Maria Dolors Baró ,
Steffen Oswald  and
Oliver Gutfleisch
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Markus Klose*
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute for Complex Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany; and Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
Inge Lindemann
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute for Metallic Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany; and Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
Christian Bonatto Minella
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute for Metallic Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany; and Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
Katja Pinkert
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute for Complex Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany; and Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
Martin Zier
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute for Complex Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany; and Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
Lars Giebeler
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute for Complex Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany; and Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
Pau Nolis
Affiliation:
Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear (SeRMN), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Maria Dolors Baró
Affiliation:
Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Steffen Oswald
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute for Complex Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
Oliver Gutfleisch
Affiliation:
Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Helmut Ehrenberg
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Applied Materials (IAM), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Jürgen Eckert
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute for Complex Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany; and Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: m.klose@ifw-dresden.de
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Abstract

Confining light metal hydrides in micro- or mesoporous scaffolds is considered to be a promising way to overcome the existing challenges for these materials, e.g. their application in hydrogen storage. Different techniques exist which allow us to homogeneously fill pores of a host matrix with the respective hydride, thus yielding well defined composite materials. For this report, the ordered mesoporous carbon CMK-3 was taken as a support for LiAlH4 realized by a solution impregnation method to improve the hydrogen desorption behavior of LiAlH4 by nanoconfinement effects. It is shown that upon heating, LiAlH4 is unusually oxidized by coordinated tetrahydrofuran solvent molecules. The important result of the herein described work is the finding of a final composite containing nanoscale aluminum oxide inside the pores of the CMK-3 carbon host instead of a metal or alloy. This newly observed unusual oxidation behavior has major implications when applying these compounds for the targeted synthesis of homogeneous metal–carbon composite materials.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 29 , Issue 1: Focus Issue: Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Oxides , 14 January 2014 , pp. 55 - 63
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