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Will We Soon Be Fueling our Automobiles with Ammonia–Borane?
Author(s) -
Marder Todd B.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200703150
Subject(s) - ammonia borane , borane , ammonia , catalysis , chemistry , transition metal , fuel cells , combinatorial chemistry , engineering , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , hydrogen production
The B all and N all? Ammonia–borane (AB, H 3 NBH 3 ) contains 19.6 weight % H, and is one of the materials currently being examined as a possible H 2 source for use in fuel cells to power automobiles. Challenges for this technology are noted, and recent advances, especially in the development of both transition‐metal and acid catalysts which promote H 2 release from AB under mild conditions, are highlighted.