Destabilized borohydrides

Other combinations of hydrides with amides have been considered. Nakamori et al 80 83 others have looked at mixtures of Li amide with Li alanate and with Li borohydride. DFT calculations suggest that these systems will behave in a fashion similar to that of the destabilized borohydrides described above that is, the reaction products in the dehydrogenated state should have lower enthalpies than the borohydride or the alanate alone. The potential yields are higher than with LiH. For the borohydride case, the expected reaction pathway is... 

Aoki M, Miwa K, Noritake T, Kitahara G, Nakamori Y, Orimo S and Towata S (2005), Destabilization of LiBH4 by mixing with LiNH2, Appl. Phys. A, 80, 1409-1412. Barkhordarian G, Klassen T, Dornheim M and Bormann R (2007), Unexpected kinetic effect of MgB2 in reactive hydride composites containing complex borohydrides, J. Alloys Compounds, 440, L18-L21. 

Can borohydrides be destabilized to achieve hydrogen release below... 

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