The dynamics of the calcium-ammonia-graphite decomposition with hydrogen

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Graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) have potential as hydrogen storage materials, from direct physisorption of H2 or as a high surface area nanostructured host for metal hydrides. GICs made from calcium-ammonia solution have demonstrated 3 wt. % H2 uptake but their in-plane structure is elusive due to a lack of long range order. Gravimetry suggests that 2D Ca-NH3 solutions in graphite decompose to form amides, imides and nitrides in sequence; the resultant Ca3N2 is expected to sorb 3.2 wt. % H2. We intend to use MARI as a probe of signature H-N bonds in the amide sequence to determine if and at what temperature these changes occur in the GIC, and compare with the in-situ decomposition of pure Ca-NH3 up to 1200 K to determine its catalytic effect. We will then hydrogenate the resulting samples at room temperature and examine the hydrogen excitations and binding.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24068363
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24068363
Provenance
Creator Dr Neal Skipper; Dr Arthur Lovell; Professor Steve Bennington; Ms Zeynep Kurban
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2014
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2009-05-29T08:11:59Z
Temporal Coverage End 2011-03-04T11:03:10Z