HIGH RESOLUTION NEUTRON DIFFRACTION STUDIES ON NEW POLYMORPHS OF MAGENSIUM TETRAHYDROBORATE (Mg(BH4)2)

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The development of high energy density and high efficiency hydrogen storage materials is widely considered to be one of the most challenging barriers to the adoption of fuel cell power trains in transportation applications. Magnesium forms a high hydrogen gravimetric density (14.9wt%) tetrahydroborate (Mg(BH4)2) with a relatively low decomposition temperature (Tdec ~ 300C). We have identified and obtained a structural solution for a new low temperature cubic polymorph of Mg(BH4)2. Furthermore, we have identified a novel transformation process with 2 further, novel, polymorphs. We request 2 days on WISH to perform a detailed study of Mg(11BD4)2 in order to probe the structural evolution and build a clear picture of the decomposition of the tetrahydroborate. These studies will allow us to determine mechanisms and hence to develop materials with improved functional properties.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24088681
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24088681
Provenance
Creator Dr Martin Jones; Professor Bill David; Dr Sam Callear; Mr Scott Culligan; Mr Peter Thygesen
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2015
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2012-03-14T16:51:44Z
Temporal Coverage End 2012-07-13T09:14:32Z