Synthesis, characterization, and atomistic modeling of stabilized highly pyrophoric Al(BH4)3 via the formation of the hypersalt K[Al(BH4)4]

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 19905-19915

  Knight, Douglas A ^a   Zidan, Ragaiy ^a   Lascola, Robert ^a   Mohtadi, Rana ^b   Ling, Chen ^b   Sivasubramanian, Premkumar ^b   Kaduk, James A ^c   Hwang, Son Jong ^d   Samanta, Devleena ^e   Jena, Puru ^e  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Toyota Motor North America Inc   (United States)

^c Poly Crystallography Inc   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC MODELING; BUILDING BLOCKES; CHARACTERIZATION TOOLS; HYDROGEN CAPACITIES; OXIDATIVE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ALUMINUM; NEGATIVE IONS;

CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 84885114463     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407230a     Document Type: Article

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