The highly sterically encumbered chelating β-diketiminate ligand, [HC{C(Me)N(2,6-CHPh2-4-MeC6H2)}2](-), (Ar)L(-), has been used to prepare a series of heteroleptic three-coordinate magnesium complexes. Both the bis(imine) and imine-enamine tautomers of the ligand precursor, (Ar)LH, as well as the diethyl ether adduct of the bromide complex [(Ar)LMgBr(OEt2)], the monomeric methyl complex [(Ar)LM...

Magnesium oxide has long been intriguing due to several significant phenomena, including wide laser emission, spin electron reflectivity, and defect-induced magnetism. MgO nanostructures have a variety of applications, from spintronics wastewater treatment, depending on their size shape. Mg is sensitive material for hydrogen forms MgH2, so we used Mg/MgO as sensor sense gas in the present work....

Pure magnesium (Mg) powders with stearic acid added as process control agent (PCA) were mechanically milled (MMed) using a vibration ball mill. The MMed consolidated into bulk materials by the spark plasma sintering (SPS). Changes in hardness, thickness and solid-state reactions of SPS have been examined hardness measurements, vernier caliper an X-ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. Vickers ma...

The destabilized complex hydride system composed of LiNH2:MgH2 (1:1 molar ratio) is one of the leading candidates of hydrogen storage with a reversible hydrogen storage capacity of 8.1 wt%. A low sorption enthalpy of ~32 kJ/mole H2 was first predicted by Alapati et al. utilizing first principle density function theory (DFT) calculations and has been subsequently confirmed empirically by Lu et a...

In this paper, we review the current technology for the storage of hydrogen on board a fuel cell propelled vehicle. Having outlined the technical specifications necessary to match the performance of hydrocarbon fuel, we first outline the inherent difficulties with gas pressure and liquid hydrogen storage. We then outline the history of transition metal hydride storage, leading to the developmen...

Here we report the extraordinary thermal stability of Mg rich bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs), which is important for hydrogen storage technology. The enhanced NP stability is accomplished because of two critical improvements: (i) no void development within NPs (nanoscale Kirkendall effect) during their formation and (ii) suppressed Mg evaporation and NP hollowing during Mg hydrogenation at elev...