I thank Dr. R. T. Baker and Profs. D. M. Heinekey, I. Manners, and D. W. Stephan for helpful discussions, Dr. Baker for a preprint of Ref. [5], and Prof. C. B. Musgrave for a preprint of Ref. [19].
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Will We Soon Be Fueling our Automobiles with Ammonia–Borane?†
Article first published online: 20 SEP 2007
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200703150
Copyright © 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Marder, Todd B. (2007), Will We Soon Be Fueling our Automobiles with Ammonia–Borane?. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46: 8116–8118. doi: 10.1002/anie.200703150
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- Issue published online: 26 OCT 2007
- Article first published online: 20 SEP 2007
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Keywords:
- boron;
- hydrogen storage;
- sustainable chemistry
The B all and N all? Ammonia–borane (AB, H3NBH3) contains 19.6 weight % H, and is one of the materials currently being examined as a possible H2 source for use in fuel cells to power automobiles. Challenges for this technology are noted, and recent advances, especially in the development of both transition-metal and acid catalysts which promote H2 release from AB under mild conditions, are highlighted.