The structure and unconventional dihydrogen bonding of a pressure-stabilized hydrogen-rich (NH3BH3)(H2)x(x = 1.5) compound

Lin, Yu; Welchman, Evan; Thonhauser, Timo; Mao, Wendy L.

doi:10.1039/c7ta01005b

Title: The structure and unconventional dihydrogen bonding of a pressure-stabilized hydrogen-rich (NH₃BH₃)(H₂)_x(x = 1.5) compound

Journal Article · Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta01005b· OSTI ID:1361157

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^[2]; Thonhauser, Timo ^[3]; Mao, Wendy L. ^[4]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC (United States)
Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)

Combining X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and ab initio simulations we characterize an extremely hydrogen-rich phase with the chemical formula (NH₃BH₃)(H₂)_x (x = 1.5). This phase was formed by compressing ammonia borane (AB, NH₃BH₃) in an environment with an excess of molecular hydrogen (H₂). This compound can store a total of 26.8 wt% hydrogen, both as molecular hydrogen and chemically bonded hydrogen in AB, making it one of the most hydrogen-rich solids currently known. The new compound possesses a layered AB structure where additional H₂ molecules reside in channels created through the weaving of AB layers. The unconventional dihydrogen bonding network of the new compound is significantly modified from its parent AB phase and contains H•••H contacts between adjacent AB molecules and between AB and H₂ molecules. H–H can be either a proton donor or a proton acceptor that forms new types of dihydrogen bonding with the host AB molecules, which are depicted as H–H•••H–B or H–H•••H–N, respectively. Furthermore, this study not only demonstrates the strategy and the promise of using pressure for new material synthesis, but also unleashes the power of combining experiments and ab initio calculations for elucidating novel structures and unusual bonding configurations in dense low-Z materials.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: DMR-1145968; 391888; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1361157

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Vol. 5, Issue 15; ISSN 2050-7488

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