Effect of pressure and temperature on structural stability of potential hydrogen storage compound Li3AlH6

  • Ravhi S. Kumar*
  • , Xuezhi Ke
  • , Andrew L. Cornelius
  • , Changfeng Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The crystal structure of Li3AlH6 was investigated at high pressures upto 27 GPa using a diamond anvil cell with synchrotron radiation in addition to high temperature X-ray diffraction. Density functional theoretical (DFT) calculations were performed simultaneously. While the structure of Li3AlH6 is stable on increasing temperature, the results of high pressure experiments show a pressure induced phase transition from the ambient R over(3, -) phase to a high pressure cubic Ia over(3, -) phase around 10.6 GPa. The transition pressure of 10.6 GPa and the bulk modulus value B0 = 32(2) GPa for the R over(3, -) phase obtained are in good agreement with the theoretical results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)442-446
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume460
Issue number4-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jul 2008

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