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Time and Frequency Resolved Hydrogen Dynamics in deuterated LiBH4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Robin Gremaud ,
Esben R. Andresen ,
Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta ,
Keith Refson ,
Zbigniew Łodziana ,
Andreas Züttel ,
Peter Hamm  and
Andreas Borgschulte
Robin Gremaud
Affiliation:
robin.gremaud@empa.ch, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Hydrogen & Energy, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Esben R. Andresen
Affiliation:
e.andresen@pci.uzh.ch, Universität Zürich, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Zürich, Switzerland
Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta
Affiliation:
A.J.Ramirez-Cuesta@rl.ac.uk, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, ISIS Facility, Chilton, United Kingdom
Keith Refson
Affiliation:
k.refson@rl.ac.uk, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, ISIS Facility, Chilton, United Kingdom
Zbigniew Łodziana
Affiliation:
zbigniew.lodziana@empa.ch, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Hydrogen & Energy, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Andreas Züttel
Affiliation:
andreas.zuttel@empa.ch, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Hydrogen & Energy, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Peter Hamm
Affiliation:
phamm@pci.uzh.ch, Universität Zürich, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Zürich, Switzerland
Andreas Borgschulte
Affiliation:
andreas.borgschulte@empa.ch, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Hydrogen & Energy, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Abstract

We study deuterated tetrahydroborate LiBH4 in the low-temperature (LT) phase, focusing on the BH (BD) stretching vibrations, by infrared (IR) and IR-pump-probe spectroscopy. Calculated infrared spectra by density functional theory allow us to disentangle the contributions coming from all the coexisting BH4-nDn (n = 0…4) molecular units. We report on anharmonicity and vibrational lifetime (1.6 ps) of the BD vibrations, as well as on the BH2D2 orientational relaxation by polarization anisotropy IR-pump-probe measurements. We find a constant anisotropy for at least 5 ps confirming the slow reorientational motion and low thermal disorder of the BH4 unit in the LT phase of this potential hydrogen storage material.

Keywords

diffusionHinfrared (IR) spectroscopy
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1216: Symposium W – Hydrogen Storage Materials , 2009 , 1216-W08-29
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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