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Cover Picture: Acid Initiation of Ammonia–Borane Dehydrogenation for Hydrogen Storage (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 5/2007)
Author(s) -
Stephens Frances H.,
Baker R. Tom,
Matus Myrna H.,
Grant Daniel J.,
Dixon David A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200790007
Subject(s) - ammonia borane , hydrogen storage , dehydrogenation , hydrogen , ammonia , chemistry , borane , int , hydrogen fuel , carbon fibers , cover (algebra) , materials science , organic chemistry , catalysis , computer science , engineering , operating system , composite number , composite material , mechanical engineering
Hydrogen meets the world's need for a carbon‐neutral and particulate‐free vehicular fuel, but its low density hampers on‐board storage capacity. In their Communication on page 746 ff., R. T. Baker, D. A. Dixon, and co‐workers present a strategy for hydrogen storage using ammonia–borane (H 3 NBH 3 ), which has a hydrogen capacity of 19.6 wt %—exceeding that of gasoline. They report the mechanism of acid‐initiated dehydropolymerization of H 3 NBH 3 as elucidated through experimental and computational methods.
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