title: A novel method for the synthesis of solvent-free Mg(B3H8)2.
abstract: This communication presents a novel and solvent-free method to synthesise Mg(B3H8)2 via the gas-solid reaction between B2H6 and Mg2NiH4, which overcomes the limitations of wet chemical methods requiring solvent removal.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, 510641 Guangzhou, China. meouyang@scut.edu.ch and Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Valais/Wallis, Energypolis, 1950 Sion, Switzerland and Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. yigang.yan@empa.ch.
authors.forename: Jianmei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. yigang.yan@empa.ch.
authors.forename: Yigang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. yigang.yan@empa.ch.
authors.forename: Arndt
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Remhof
authors.affiliation: Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. yigang.yan@empa.ch.
authors.forename: Yucheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. yigang.yan@empa.ch.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rentsch
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Yuen S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Au
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Petra E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: de Jongh
authors.affiliation: CMTR/ICMPE/CNRS UMR 7182, 2-8 rue Henri Dunant, 94320, Thiais Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Fermin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cuevas
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, 510641 Guangzhou, China. meouyang@scut.edu.ch.
authors.forename: Liuzhang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, 510641 Guangzhou, China. meouyang@scut.edu.ch.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Valais/Wallis, Energypolis, 1950 Sion, Switzerland and Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. yigang.yan@empa.ch.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Züttel