Toward regenerating ammonia borane from spent fuel

Donald M. Camaioni; David J. Heldebrant; John C. Linehan; Wendy J. Shaw; Jun Li; Daniel L. DuBois; Tom Autrey

Toward regenerating ammonia borane from spent fuel

Donald M. Camaioni, David J. Heldebrant, John C. Linehan, Wendy J. Shaw, Jun Li, Daniel L. DuBois, Tom Autrey

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Abstract

Ammonia borane (AB) is a solid with high gravimetric and volumetric density of hydrogen that can be released at temperatures suitable for practical application as an on-board hydrogen storage material for fuel cell-powered vehicles. Hydrogen release is exothermic and exorgonic, such that it is impractical to regenerate AB from the dehydrogenated spent fuel by just an overpressure of H₂. AB will need to be regenerated off board by other routes. Recent work at PNNL has shown that it is possible to digest the spent fuel with alcohol and ammonia in diglyme at room temperature to obtain a borate ester while recovering residual B-H contained in polyborazylene structures as AB. In addition to presenting these encouraging results, we will describe developments toward new routes for reducing borate esters to AB. (PNNL is operated by Battelle for the US DOE.).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	234th ACS National Meeting, Abstracts of Scientific Papers
Publication status	Published - Dec 31 2007
Event	234th ACS National Meeting - Boston, MA, United States Duration: Aug 19 2007 → Aug 23 2007

Publication series

Name	ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
ISSN (Print)	0065-7727

Other

Other	234th ACS National Meeting
Country	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	8/19/07 → 8/23/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Chemistry(all)
Chemical Engineering(all)

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