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Materials Data on Mg(BH4)2 by Materials Project

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.17188/1666978· OSTI ID:1666978
Mg(BH4)2 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4_1/amd space group. The structure is three-dimensional and consists of two Mg(BH4)2 frameworks. there are two inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to eight H+0.50+ atoms to form MgH8 hexagonal bipyramids that share edges with four equivalent BH4 tetrahedra. There are four shorter (2.07 Å) and four longer (2.12 Å) Mg–H bond lengths. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent H+0.50+ atoms. All Mg–H bond lengths are 2.11 Å. B3- is bonded to four H+0.50+ atoms to form BH4 tetrahedra that share an edgeedge with one MgH8 hexagonal bipyramid. There is three shorter (1.22 Å) and one longer (1.23 Å) B–H bond length. There are three inequivalent H+0.50+ sites. In the first H+0.50+ site, H+0.50+ is bonded in a distorted L-shaped geometry to one Mg2+ and one B3- atom. In the second H+0.50+ site, H+0.50+ is bonded in an L-shaped geometry to one Mg2+ and one B3- atom. In the third H+0.50+ site, H+0.50+ is bonded in a distorted L-shaped geometry to one Mg2+ and one B3- atom.
Research Organization:
LBNL Materials Project; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Contributing Organization:
The Materials Project; MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1666978
Report Number(s):
mp-1202088
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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