Mechanochemical reactions and hydrogen storage capacities in MBH4–SiS2 systems (M=Li or Na)

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2019-02-16
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Dolotko, Oleksandr
Gupta, Shalabh
Kobayashi, Takeshi
McDonald, Eric
Hlova, Ihor
Majzoub, Eric
Balema, Viktor
Pruski, Marek
Pecharsky, Vitalij
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The hydrogen storage properties, and phase compositions of mechanochemically prepared mixtures of xMBH4-SiS2 (x = 2–8), where M = Li or Na, were investigated using gas sorption analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, and infrared and solid-state NMR spectroscopic methods. The 2LiBH4:1SiS2 system forms an amorphous product that releases ca. 4.3 wt % of H2 below 385 °C with a Tonset of 88 °C without detectable diborane emission. The dehydrogenated sample reversibly absorbs 1.5 wt % of H2 at 385 °C under 160 bar pressure. The H2 release from materials with varying LiBH4:SiS2 ratios peaks at 8.2 wt % for the 6LiBH4:1SiS2 composition, with a reversible hydrogen storage capacity of 2.4 wt %. The H2 desorption capacities of the Li-containing systems surpass those of Na-containing systems. Solid-state NMR studies indicate that products of mechanochemical reactions in the LiBH4SiS2 system consist of one-dimensional chains of edge-sharing SiS4/2 tetrahedra in which the non-bridging S-ends are terminated with Li+, which are further coordinated to the [BH4]− anions. A variety of possible polymorphs in the LiSiS-(BH4) composition space have been identified using first principles and thermodynamic modeling that supports the likelihood of formation of such novel complexes.

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