Reactivity of Coinage Metal Hydrides for the Production of H2 Molecules

Iñigo Iribarren; Goar Sánchez-Sanz; José Elguero; Ibon Alkorta; Cristina Trujillo

doi:10.1002/open.202100173

Reactivity of Coinage Metal Hydrides for the Production of H₂ Molecules

ChemistryOpen. 2021 Aug;10(8):722-723. doi: 10.1002/open.202100173.

Authors

Iñigo Iribarren¹, Goar Sánchez-Sanz², José Elguero³, Ibon Alkorta³, Cristina Trujillo¹

Affiliations

¹ Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, The University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
² Irish Centre of High-End Computing, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2 (Ireland), & School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
³ Instituto de Química Médica CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover picture is the group of Dr. Cristina Trujillo at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute in Dublin (Ireland) and Prof. Ibon Alkorta at the CSIC in Madrid (Spain). The cover picture shows the possibility of reversibly storing hydrogen using metallic compounds as reactants to produce H₂ gas and metallic dimers. Computational studies have been carried out to investigate these processes, as shown in the concept art by the Schrödinger equation. It was found that the formation and release of H₂ is energetically favorable. These results are a promising starting point for further research of using coinage metals for storing hydrogen in light compounds. Read the full text of their Full Paper at 10.1002/open.202100108.