Wu, H.
, Zhou, W.
, Udovic, T.
, Bowman, J.
and Hauback, B.
(2023),
Characterizing the ZrBe<sub>2</sub>H<sub>x</sub> Phase Diagram via Neutron Scattering Methods, Inorganics, [online], https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11010001
(Accessed April 28, 2024)
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Characterizing the ZrBe2Hx Phase Diagram via Neutron Scattering Methods
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Abstract
It is well-known that ZrBe2H1.5 exists as a single-phase hydride with hexagonal P6/mmm symmetry that undergoes some type of hydrogen sublattice ordering below 200 K (235-250 K for ZrBe2D1.5&). Both neutron powder diffraction and neutron vibrational spectroscopy measurements of ZrBed2^Hx at lower hydrogen contents (x<1.5) indicate that at least two other ordered phases exist at low temperatures, coinciding with respective nominal x values of 1 and 0.67. Compared to ZrBe2H1.5, these more-hydrogen-dilute phases possess different structural symmetries (orthorhombic) with different H-sublattice orderings and undergo much-higher-temperature order-disorder transitions at ≈460 K (x=1) and ≈490 K (x=0.67) to the characteristic H-disordered hexagonal P6/mmm structure associated with ZrBe2H1.5.Citation
Inorganics
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11
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1
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Keywords
ZrBe2, intermetallic hydrides, hydrogen storage materials, neutron diffraction, neutron vibrational spectroscopy, density functional theory
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Created January 1, 2023, Updated January 23, 2024