Surface-Controlled Conversion of Ammonia Borane from Boron Nitride

Nakagawa, Tessui; Uesato, Hiroki; Burrell, Anthony K.; Ichikawa, Takayuki; Miyaoka, Hiroki; Davis, Benjamin L.; Kojima, Yoshitsugu

doi:10.3390/en13215569

Surface-Controlled Conversion of Ammonia Borane from Boron Nitride

Journal Article · Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Energies (Basel)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/en13215569· OSTI ID:1787286

Nakagawa, Tessui ^[1]; Uesato, Hiroki ^[1]; Burrell, Anthony K. ^[2]; Ichikawa, Takayuki ^[3]; Miyaoka, Hiroki ^[3]; Davis, Benjamin L. ^[2]; Kojima, Yoshitsugu ^[3]

Univ. of the Ryukyus, Okinawa (Japan)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Hiroshima Univ. (Japan)

“One-pot regeneration”, which is simple regneneration method of ammonia borane (AB) using hydrazine and liquid ammonia, enables conversion of AB from hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) after milling hydrogenation. Solution ¹¹B-NMR revealed the presence of AB after NH₃/N₂H₄ treatment of milled h-BN (BNH_x) although the yield of AB was less than 5%. The conversion mechanism was clarified as B-H bonds on the h-BN surface created by ball-milling under hydrogen pressure have an ability to form AB, which was confirmed by Thermogravimetry-Residual Gas Analysis (TG-RGA) and Infrared (IR) analysis. The reaction routes are also the same as regeneration route of polyborazylene because intermediates of AB such as (B(NH₂)₃ and hydrazine borane were found by solution ¹¹B-NMR after soaking BNH_x in liquid NH₃ and hydrazine, respectively. Because of the fact that all reactions proceed on the h-BN surface and no reaction proceeds when neat h-BN is treated, breaking of B₃N₃ ring structure and then creation of B-H bond is the key issue to increase conversion yield of AB.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1787286

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--12-22584

Journal Information:: Energies (Basel), Journal Name: Energies (Basel) Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 13; ISSN 1996-1073

Publisher:: MDPI AGCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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