Location
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Science and Education Building
Start Date
9-8-2011 10:15 AM
End Date
9-8-2011 12:00 PM
Description
NaBH4 is a hydride with possible applications as a hydrogen storage material for future renewable energy technologies. It’s dehydrogenation properties are enhanced with the mixture of particular catalysts through ball-milling techniques during which local pressures may exceed several GPa’s. It is for this reason that understanding the behavior of pressure induced phase changes of its crystalline unit cell is an area of interest.
Keywords
Fuel cells; High pressure (Science); Hydrides; Hydrogen
Disciplines
Physical Chemistry | Physics | Sustainability
Language
English
Neutron diffraction of NaBD4: Phase transition, Rietveld Structure refinements, and equation of state
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Science and Education Building
NaBH4 is a hydride with possible applications as a hydrogen storage material for future renewable energy technologies. It’s dehydrogenation properties are enhanced with the mixture of particular catalysts through ball-milling techniques during which local pressures may exceed several GPa’s. It is for this reason that understanding the behavior of pressure induced phase changes of its crystalline unit cell is an area of interest.
Comments
Research sponsored by: U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, under cooperative agreement # DE-FC52-06NA27684, and NSF grant # DMR-1005247