Pressure-induced structural changes in Methylamine borane and dimethylamine borane

Petra A. Szilagyi; Steven Hunter; Carole A. Morrison; Chiu C. Tang; Colin R. Pulham

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.174

Pressure-induced structural changes in Methylamine borane and dimethylamine borane

Petra A. Szilagyi^*, Steven Hunter, Carole A. Morrison, Chiu C. Tang, Colin R. Pulham

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School of Chemistry

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Methylamine borane and dimethylamine borane have been studied under compression to 3 GPa using Raman spectroscopy and synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction. Both undergo reversible pressure-induced structural changes in this pressure range. The structural changes in the case of methylamine borane may be indicative of a second-order phase transition, taking place between ca. 0.8-1.2 GPa, which does not result in a change of space-group symmetry. In the case of dimethylamine borane, however, a reversible, reconstructive phase transition (monoclinic -> orthorhombic) occurs below 0.7 GPa. This new high-pressure phase was successfully indexed, with a possible space group assignment of Pccn or Pbcn. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	953-961
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of alloys and compounds
Volume	722
Early online date	17 Jun 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.174
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2017

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Hydrogen storage
Phase transition
High pressure
Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction
HYDROGEN-STORAGE MATERIALS
X-RAY-DIFFRACTION
MAGNESIUM BOROHYDRIDE MG(BH4)(2)
AMMONIA-BORANE
CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE
CATALYTIC DEHYDROCOUPLING/DEHYDROGENATION
THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION
DIHYDROGEN BOND
AMINE-BORANES
DEHYDROGENATION

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