Crystal structure and in situ decomposition of Eu(BH<inf>4</inf>)<inf>2</inf> and Sm(BH<inf>4</inf>)<inf>2</inf>
dc.contributor.author | Humphries, Terry | |
dc.contributor.author | Ley, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Frommen, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Munroe, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jensen, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hauback, B. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T10:26:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T10:26:53Z | |
dc.date.created | 2015-10-29T04:09:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Humphries, T. and Ley, M. and Frommen, C. and Munroe, K. and Jensen, T. and Hauback, B. 2015. Crystal structure and in situ decomposition of Eu(BH<inf>4</inf>)<inf>2</inf> and Sm(BH<inf>4</inf>)<inf>2</inf>. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3 (2): pp. 691-698. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2879 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1039/c4ta04080e | |
dc.description.abstract |
Synthesis of halide free rare earth metal (RE) borohydride complexes is demonstrated by the metathesis reaction of trivalent RE metal chlorides and LiBH<inf>4</inf> in ethereal solution, combined with solvent extraction using dimethyl sulfide. The crystal structures of Eu(BH<inf>4</inf>)<inf>2</inf> and Sm(BH<inf>4</inf>)<inf>2</inf> are orthorhombic (space group Pbcn) and are shown to be related to the structure of Sr(BH<inf>4</inf>)<inf>2</inf> by Rietveld refinement. Further, the thermal decomposition of these materials has been studied by in situ synchrotron radiation powder X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, mass spectrometry and Sieverts measurements. The decomposition pathway of these solvent extracted materials has been compared against materials prepared by mechano-chemistry, the process of which is simplified by the absence of chloride impurities. This journal is | |
dc.publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry | |
dc.title | Crystal structure and in situ decomposition of Eu(BH<inf>4</inf>)<inf>2</inf> and Sm(BH<inf>4</inf>)<inf>2</inf> | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 3 | |
dcterms.source.number | 2 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 691 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 698 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 2050-7488 | |
dcterms.source.title | Journal of Materials Chemistry A | |
curtin.department | Department of Physics and Astronomy | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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