title: Potassium(I) amidotrihydroborate: structure and hydrogen release.
abstract: Potassium(I) amidotrihydroborate (KNH(2)BH(3)) is a newly developed potential hydrogen storage material representing a completely different structural motif within the alkali metal amidotrihydroborate group. Evolution of 6.5 wt % hydrogen starting at temperatures as low as 80 degrees C is observed and shows a significant change in the hydrogen release profile, as compared to the corresponding lithium and sodium compounds. Here we describe the synthesis, structure, and hydrogen release characteristics of KNH(2)BH(3).
authors.affiliation: Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J514, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Himashinie V K
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Diyabalanage
authors.forename: Tessui
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Roshan P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: Troy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Semelsberger
authors.forename: Benjamin L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Brian L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Anthony K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Burrell
authors.forename: William I F
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Kate R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Martin Owen
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Peter P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D001880:Boranes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001880:Boranes; D006859:Hydrogen