Direct hydrogenation of magnesium boride to magnesium borohydride: demonstration of >11 weight percent reversible hydrogen storage

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jan 21;46(3):421-3. doi: 10.1039/b921205a. Epub 2009 Dec 1.

Authors

Godwin Severa¹, Ewa Rönnebro, Craig M Jensen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 The Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822-2275, USA.

PMID: 20066312
DOI: 10.1039/b921205a

Abstract

Conditions have been found whereby it is possible to reversibly store >11 wt% hydrogen through the direct hydrogenation of MgB(2) to Mg(BH(4))(2).