Issue 45, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Is Y2(B12H12)3 the main intermediate in the decomposition process of Y(BH4)3?†

Yigang Yan,*a   Arndt Remhof,a   Daniel Rentsch,b   Young-Su Lee,c   Young Whan Choc  and  Andreas Züttela  

* Corresponding authors

a EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Hydrogen & Energy, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
E-mail: yigang.yan@empa.ch
Fax: +41 58 765 40 22
Tel: +41 58 765 40 82

b EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Functional Polymers, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland

c High Temperature Energy Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 136-791 Seoul, Republic of Korea

Abstract

Dodecaborates, i.e. the [B12H12]2− containing species, are often observed as main intermediates in the hydrogen sorption cycle of metal borohydrides, hindering rehydrogenation. In the decomposition process of Y(BH4)3, yttrium octahydrotriborate, i.e. Y(B3H8)3, rather than the stable Y2(B12H12)3, is formed as the main intermediate.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC41184B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Feb 2013
Accepted
11 Apr 2013
First published
17 Apr 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 5234-5236

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Is Y2(B12H12)3 the main intermediate in the decomposition process of Y(BH4)3?

Y. Yan, A. Remhof, D. Rentsch, Y. Lee, Y. Whan Cho and A. Züttel, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5234 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41184B

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