Interaction of lithium hydride and ammonia borane in THF

Interaction of lithium hydride and ammonia borane in THF†

Zhitao Xiong,^ab Yong Shen Chua,^c Guotao Wu,^a Weiliang Xu,^c Ping Chen,*^abc Wendy Shaw,^d Abhi Karkamkar,^d John Linehan,^d Tricia Smurthwaite^d and Thomas Autrey*^d

* Corresponding authors

^a Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, China
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^b Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore

^c Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore

^d Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA
E-mail: tom.autrey@pnl.gov
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The two-step reaction between LiH and NH₃BH₃ in THF leads to the production of more than 14 wt% of hydrogen at 40 °C.