Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of reorientational motion and Li diffusion in LiBH4-LiI solid solutions

Skripov, A.V.;Soloninin, A.V.;Rude, L.H.;Jensen, T.R.;Filinchuk, Yaroslav
(2012) The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces — Vol. 116, n° 50, p. 26177-26184 (2012)

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  • Skripov, A.V.Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
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  • Soloninin, A.V.Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
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  • Rude, L.H.Aarhus University (Denmark)
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  • Jensen, T.R.Aarhus University (Denmark)
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Abstract
To study the reorientational motion of the BH4 groups and the translational diffusion of Li+ ions in LiBH4-LiI solid solutions with 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2 molar ratios, we have measured the 1H, 11B, and 7Li NMR spectra and spin-lattice relaxation rates in these compounds over the temperature range 18-520 K. It is found that, at low temperatures, the reorientational motion of the BH 4 groups in LiBH4-LiI solid solutions is considerably faster than in all other borohydride-based systems studied so far. Our results are consistent with a coexistence of at least two types of reorientational processes with different characteristic rates. For the faster reorientational process, the average activation energies derived from our data are 53 ± 4, 39 ± 4, and 33 ± 4 meV for the LiBH4-LiI solid solutions with 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2 molar ratios, respectively. In the studied range of iodine concentrations, the Li+ jump rates are found to decrease with increasing I- content. The activation energies for Li diffusion obtained from our data are 0.63 ± 0.01, 0.65 ± 0.01, and 0.68 ± 0.01 eV for the samples with 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2 molar ratios, respectively. © 2012 American Chemical Society.
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Skripov, A. V., Soloninin, A. V., Rude, L. H., Jensen, T. R., & Filinchuk, Y. (2012). Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of reorientational motion and Li diffusion in LiBH4-LiI solid solutions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces, 116(50), 26177-26184. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp3080892 (Original work published 2012)