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Abstract [en]
Synthesis and structural characterisation of metal hydrides in two important systems are presented. The first system presented is low valent cobalt and nickel complex hydrides with the compositions BaMg5Co2H10, RbMg5CoNiH10, SrMg2CoH7and Sr4Mg4Co3H19 featuring nickel with oxidation state of 0 and cobalt with oxidation state +I and -I. The second system presented is polyanionic gallium complex hydrides with the compositions RbGaH2, RbxK(1−x)GaH2 (0.5≤x≤1), CsxRb(8−x)Ga5H15 (0≤x≤8) and Cs10Ga9H25 featuring novel hydrogenous polyanionic gallium hydride clusters mimicking common hydrocarbons. The syntheses of the compounds were performed at elevated temperatures and at moderate hydrogen pressures (50-100 bar). The structural investigations were mainly done by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) and neutron powder diffraction (NPD). The metal-hydrogen bond was investigated by vibrational spectroscopy using Fourier Transform IR-spectroscopy (FTIR) and Inelastic Neutron Scattering (INS).By subtle changes in the compositions of the hydrides it was possible to induce major changes in band gaps, oxidation states and structures.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (MMK), Stockholm University, 2013. p. 64
Keywords
Metal hydrides, Solid state Synthesis, X-ray diffraction, Neutron Scattering
National Category
Inorganic Chemistry
Research subject
Structural Chemistry
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-89760 (URN)978-91-7447-711-5 (ISBN)
Public defence
2013-06-05, Magnélisalen, Kemiska övningslaboratoriet, Svante Arrhenius väg 16 B, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
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Supervisors
Note
At the time for the doctoral defence the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 1: Manuscript; Paper 2: Accepted; Paper 5: Manuscript
2013-05-142013-05-072022-02-24Bibliographically approved