Novel inorganic alkali and alkaline earth hydrides of the f o r m u l a MH *, MH 2 * , and MH X * wherein M is the metal, X , is a halide, and H * comprises a novel high binding energy hydride ion were synthesized in a high temperature gas cell by reaction of atomic hydrogen with a catalyst and MH , MH 2 , or MX corresponding to an alkali metal or alkaline e a r t h metal compound, respectively...

Storage and transport of hydrogen constitutes a key enabling technology for the advent of a hydrogen-based energy transition. Main research trends on hydrogen storage materials, including metal hydrides, porous adsorbents and hydrogen clathrates, are reviewed with a focus on recent developments and an appraisal of the challenges ahead. .

We present the first high-resolution (R ≈ 31 000) spectra of the cool sdL 2MASS 0532+8246, and what was originally identified as an early-type L subd-warf (sdL) LSR 1610 – 0040. Our work, in combination with contemporaneous work by Cushing and Vacca, makes it clear that the latter object is more probably a mid-M dwarf with an unusual composition that gives it some sub-dwarf spectral features. W...

An extended Zinti principle is discussed for framework structures of ternary metal chalcogenides, pnictides and hydrides with tetrahedral and planar coordination of transition metal atoms. Their bonding can be characterized by the magnetic moments measured by susceptibilities and neutron diffraction. The experimental results are compared with crystal field splittings obtained by calculations ba...

Complex metal hydrides have recently gained interest as solid electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries due to their light weight, easy deformability, and fast ion mobility at elevated temperatures. However, increasing low conductivity room temperature is a prerequisite application. In this review, two strategies enhance in complex hydrides, nanostructuring nanocomposite formation, are highlig...