Changing the dehydrogenation pathway of LiBH4-MgH2via nanosized lithiated TiO2

J A Puszkiel; M V Castro Riglos; F Karimi; A Santoru; C Pistidda; T Klassen; J M Bellosta von Colbe; M Dornheim

doi:10.1039/c6cp08278e

Changing the dehydrogenation pathway of LiBH₄-MgH₂via nanosized lithiated TiO₂

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2017 Mar 15;19(11):7455-7460. doi: 10.1039/c6cp08278e.

Authors

J A Puszkiel¹, M V Castro Riglos², F Karimi³, A Santoru³, C Pistidda³, T Klassen³, J M Bellosta von Colbe³, M Dornheim³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physicochemistry of Materials, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Centro Atómico Bariloche, Av. Bustillo km 9500, S.C. de Bariloche, Argentina. julianpuszkiel1979@gmail.com.
² Department of Metalphysics, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Centro Atómico Bariloche, Av. Bustillo km 9500, S.C. de Bariloche, Argentina.
³ Department of Nanotechnology, Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany.

PMID: 28119968
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08278e

Abstract

Nanosized lithiated titanium oxide (Li_xTiO₂) noticeably improves the kinetic behaviour of 2LiBH₄ + MgH₂. The presence of Li_xTiO₂ reduces the time required for the first dehydrogenation by suppressing the intermediate reaction to Li₂B₁₂H₁₂, leading to direct MgB₂ formation.