Complex Rare-Earth Aluminum Hydrides: Mechanochemical Preparation, Crystal Structure and Potential for Hydrogen Storage

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• 作者：Claudia Weidenthaler ; Andr Pommerin ; Michael Felderhoff ; Wenhao Sun ; Christopher Wolverton ; Borislav Bogdanovi ; Ferdi Schth
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：November 25, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：131
• 期：46
• 页码：16735-16743
• 全文大小：426K
• 年卷期：v.131,no.46(November 25, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-5126

文摘

A novel type of complex rare-earth aluminum hydride was prepared by mechanochemical preparation. The crystal structure of the REAlH₆ (with RE = La, Ce, Pr, Nd) compounds was calculated by DFT methods and confirmed by preliminary structure refinements. The trigonal crystal structure consists of isolated [AlH₆]³⁻ octahedra bridged via [12] coordinated RE cations. The investigation of the rare-earth aluminum hydrides during thermolysis shows a decrease of thermal stability with increasing atomic number of the RE element. Rare-earth hydrides (REH_x) are formed as primary dehydrogenation products; the final products are RE-aluminum alloys. The calculated decomposition enthalpies of the rare-earth aluminum hydrides are at the lower end for reversible hydrogenation under moderate conditions. Even though these materials may require somewhat higher pressures and/or lower temperatures for rehydrogenation, they are interesting examples of low-temperature metal hydrides for which reversibility might be reached.