Assessing the Potential of Sodium 1-Oxa--dodecaborate NaBHO for Energy Storage.

In the recent years, polyborate anions have been considered as possible candidates for energy. In aqueous solutions, they have been studied as either hydrogen carriers or anodic fuels. In the solid state (as an alkali salt), they have been seen as solid electrolytes.

Unraveling the mechanical behaviour of hydrazine borane (NH-NH-BH).

Crystalline B-N-H compounds of low molecular weight have been intensively investigated over the past two decades owing to their promises for chemical hydrogen storage. Hydrazine borane NH-NH-BH is one of the most recent examples of this family of materials. In the present work, we explored its structural behaviour under mechanical stimulus by synchrotron high pressure X-ray diffraction.

Lithium Hydrazinidoborane Ammoniate LiN₂H₃BH₃·0.25NH₃, a Derivative of Hydrazine Borane.

Boron- and nitrogen-based materials have shown to be attractive for solid-state chemical hydrogen storage owing to gravimetric hydrogen densities higher than 10 wt% H. Herein, we report a new derivative of hydrazine borane N₂H₄BH₃, namely lithium hydrazinidoborane ammoniate LiN₂H₃BH₃·0.25NH₃.