Role of lithium vacancies in accelerating the dehydrogenation kinetics on a LiBH4(010) surface : an Ab initio study


Autoria(s): Du, A.J.; Smith, Sean.C.; Yao, X.D.; Lu, G.Q.
Data(s)

2007

Resumo

In this work, ab initio density functional calculations were performed to explore the effect of surface lithium vacancies on the initial dehydrogenation kinetics of lithium borohydride. We found that some B−H bonds in neighboring BH4-1 complexes around the vacancy became elongated (weakened). The activation barriers for the recombination of H atoms to form H2 were decreased from 3.64 eV for the stoichiometrically complete LiBH4(010) surface to 1.53 and 0.23 eV in the presence of mono- and di-vacancies, respectively. Our results indicate that the creation of Li vacancies may play a critical role in accelerating the dehydrogenation kinetics of LiBH4.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/61155/

Publicador

American Chemical Society

Relação

DOI:10.1021/jp074096w

Du, A.J., Smith, Sean.C., Yao, X.D., & Lu, G.Q. (2007) Role of lithium vacancies in accelerating the dehydrogenation kinetics on a LiBH4(010) surface : an Ab initio study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials, Interfaces and Hard Matter, 111(32), pp. 12124-12128.

Fonte

School of Chemistry, Physics & Mechanical Engineering; Science & Engineering Faculty

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Tipo

Journal Article