Fabrication of lithium phenoxide complexes for hydrogen storage evaluation

Abstract

Complex formation in monometal organic compounds remains largely unexplored. Here, we report the first experimental investigation of complex formation in lithium phenoxide, Li(C₆H₅O). Varying the LiOH/phenol ratio yields lithium-rich and phenol-rich complexes; notably, the lithium-rich complex outperforms Li-phenoxide and phenol-rich complexes, achieving up to 48.1% conversion in solid-state dehydrogenation.