research article
Thermal decomposition of AlH3 studied by in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and thermal desorption spectroscopy
2007
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
The thermal decomposition of alane was investigated by application of synchrotron X-ray diffraction (SR-XRD) and thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS). Two polymorphs were studied, α- and γ-AlH3. Activation energies, anisotropic volume expansions, and phase transformation paths were found. In addition, the crystal structure data, including structure of hydrogen sublattice, and small charge transfer from the aluminium towards the hydrogen sites were observed during a high-resolution SR-XRD study of α-AlH3.
Type
research article
Author(s)
Maehlen, J.P.
Yartys, V.A.
Denys, R.V.
Fichtner, M.
Frommen, C.
Bulychev, B.M.
Emerich, H.
Filinchuk, Y.E.
Chernyshov, D.
Date Issued
2007
Published in
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume
446-447
Start page
280
End page
289
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
EPFL units
Available on Infoscience
January 11, 2010
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