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Search Publications by: Terrence J Udovic (Assoc)

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Thermal Polymorphism in CsCB11H12

March 1, 2023
Author(s)
Radovan Cerny, Matteo Brighi, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Mirjana Dimitrievska, Fabrizio Murgia, Valerio Gulino, Petra de Jongh, Benjamin Trump, Terrence J. Udovic
Thermal polymorphism in the alkali-metal salts incorporating the icosohedral monocarba-hydridoborate anion, CB11H12, results in intriguing dynamical properties leading to superionic conductivity for the lightest alkali-metal analogues, LiCB11H12 and

Characterizing the ZrBe 2 H x Phase Diagram via Neutron Scattering Methods

January 1, 2023
Author(s)
Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Terrence J. Udovic, Jr. Bowman, Bjorn C. Hauback
It is well-known that ZrBe 2 H 1.5 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 ZrBe 2 D 1.5&). Both neutron powder diffraction and neutron vibrational

Probing the non-classical dihydrogen ligand in OsClH3(PPh3)3 using X-ray and neutron diffraction, inelastic neutron scattering, and theoretical calculations

February 15, 2022
Author(s)
Carly Carter, Ryan Klein, Wei Zhou, Terrence J. Udovic, Craig Brown, Ting-Bin Wen, Thomas Cundari, Muhammed Yousufuddin
: Dihydrogen ligation to metal centers results in a wide range of metal-hydrogen interactions. Compounds containing non-classical dihydrogen ligands in which the H–H contacts are significantly longer than the 0.74 Å distance found in solid H2 are

Neutron vibrational spectroscopic evidence for short H???H contacts in the RNiInH1.4; 1.6 (R = Ce, La) metal hydride

February 1, 2022
Author(s)
Ryan Klein, Rafael Balderas-Xicohtencatl, Jan Petter Maehlen, Terrence J. Udovic, Craig Brown, Robert Delaplane, Yongqiang Cheng, Roman Denys, Anibal Ramirez Cuesta, Volodymyr Yartys
Intermetallic metal hydrides are critical materials for hydrogen storage applications, however, metal hydrides with greater storage capacities are still needed. Within metal hydrides, the volumetric storage capacities are limited by the number of hydrogen

Hydrogen in nonstoichiometric cubic titanium monoxides: X-ray and neutron diffraction, neutron vibrational spectroscopy and NMR studies

December 1, 2021
Author(s)
A. V. Skripov, A. V. Soloninin, A. A. Valeeva, A. I. Gusev, A. A. Rempel, Hui Wu, Terrence J. Udovic
Hydrogen-induced changes in the properties of transition-metal oxides have attracted much recent attention due to numerous applications of these materials including catalysis, H2 production, low-temperature H2 sensing, solar cells, and air purification

Neutron Scattering Studies of Materials for Hydrogen Storage

August 28, 2021
Author(s)
Ryan Klein, Hayden Evans, Benjamin Trump, Terrence J. Udovic, Craig Brown
Hydrogen storage presents a significant barrier to the widespread adaptation of hydrogen as an energy source in mobile and stationary applications. The development of new candidate hydrogen storage materials is therefore an outstanding goal in the field of

Promoting Persistent Superionic Conductivity in Sodium Monocarba-closo-dodecaborate NaCB11H12 via Confinement within Nanoporous Silica

July 26, 2021
Author(s)
Mikael Andersson, Vitalie Stavila, Alexander V. Skripov, Mirjana Dimitrievska, Malgorzata T. Psurek, Juscelino Leao, Olga Babanova, Roman Skoryunov, Alexei Soloninin, Maths Karlsson, Terrence J. Udovic
Superionic phases of bulk anhydrous salts based on large cluster-like polyhedral (carba)borate anions are generally stable only well above room temperature, rendering them unsuitable as solid-state electrolytes in energy-storage devices that typically

Neutron Scattering Investigations of the Global and Local Structures of Ammine Yttrium Borohydrides

July 22, 2021
Author(s)
Jakob Grinderslev, Mikael S. Andersson, Benjamin Trump, Wei Zhou, Terrence J. Udovic, Maths Karlsson, Torben Jensen
Complex metal hydrides are a fascinating and continuously expanding class of materials with many properties relevant for solid-state hydrogen and ammonia storage and solid state electrolytes. The crystal structures are often investigated using powder X-ray

Polymorphism of Calcium Decahydrido-closo-decaborate and Characterization of Its Hydrates

July 12, 2021
Author(s)
Mathias Jorgensen, Wei Zhou, Hui Wu, Terrence J. Udovic, Mark Paskevicius, Radovan Cerny, Torben R. Jensen
Metal closo-borates and their derivatives have shown promise in several fields of application from cancer therapy to solid-state electrolytes partly owing to their stability in aqueous solutions and high thermal stability. We report the synthesis and

Interplay between the Reorientational Dynamics of the B 3 H 8 - Anion and the Structure in KB 3 H 8

February 25, 2021
Author(s)
M. S. Andersson, Jakob Grinderslev, X.-M. Chen, X. Chen, Ulrich Haussermann, Wei Zhou, T. R. Jensen, M. Karlsson, Terrence J. Udovic
The local structure and reorientational dynamics of KB 3 H 8 were studied using quasielastic and inelastic neutron scattering, Raman spectroscopy, first-principles calculations and differential scanning calorimetry. The results reveal the existence of a

Materials for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage - Past, Recent Progress and Future Outlook

June 25, 2020
Author(s)
Michael Hirscher, Volodymir A. Yartys, Marcello Baricco, Jose Bellosta von Colbe, Didier Blanchard, Jr. Bowman, Darren P. Broom, Craig E. Buckley, Fei Chang, Ping Chen, Young Whan Cho, Jean-Claude Crivello, Fermin Cuevas, William I. F. David, Petra E. de Jongh, Roman V. Denys, Martin Dornheim, Michael Felderhoff, Yaroslav Filinchuk, George E. Froudakis, David M. Grant, Evan MacA. Gray, Bjorn C. Hauback, Teng He, Terry D. Humphries, Torben R. Jensen, Sangryun Kim, Yoshitsugu Kojima, Michel Latroche, Hai-Wen Li, Mykhaylo V. Lototskyy, Joshua W Makepeace, Kasper T. Moller, Lubna Naheed, Peter Ngene, Dag Noreus, Magnus Moe Nygard, Shin-Ichi Orimo, Mark Paskevicius, Luca Pasquini, Dorthe B. Ravnsbaek, M Veronica Sofianos, Terrence J. Udovic, Tejs Vegge, Gavin S. Walker, Colin J. Webb, Claudia Weidenthaler, Claudia Zlotea

Understanding Superionic Conductivity in Lithium and Sodium Salts of Weakly Coordinating Closo-Hexahalocarbaborate Anions

February 25, 2020
Author(s)
Mathias Jorgensen, Patrick T. Shea, Anton W. Tomich, Joel B. Varley, Marnik Bercx, Sergio Lovera, Radovan Cerny, Wei Zhou, Terrence J. Udovic, Vincent Lavallo, Torben R. Jensen, Brandon C. Wood, Vitalie Stavila
Solid-state ion conductors based on closo-polyborate anions combine high ionic conductivity with a rich array of tunable properties. Cation mobility in these systems is intimately related to the strength of the interaction with the neighboring anionic

Structural and Reorientational Dynamics of Tetrahydroborate (BH 4 -) and Tetrahydrofuran (THF) in a Mg(BH 4 ) 2 &#82263THF Adduct: Neutron-Scattering Characterization

January 7, 2020
Author(s)
Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Marina Chong, Mark E. Bowden, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Iffat Nayyar, Bojana Ginovska, Thomas Gennett, Tom Autrey, Craig M. Jensen, Terrence J. Udovic
Metal borohydrides are considered as promising materials for hydrogen storage applications due to their high volumetric and gravimetric hydrogen densities. Recently, different solvents have been complexed with Mg(BH 4 ) 2 in efforts to improve its

Comparison of Anion and Cation Dynamics in a Carbon-Substituted closo-Hydroborate Salt: 1 H and 23 Na NMR Studies of Solid-Solution Na 2 (CB 9 H 10 )(CB 11 H 12 )

September 5, 2019
Author(s)
A. V. Soloninin, R. V. Skoryunov, O. A. Babanova, A. V. Skripov, Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Terrence J. Udovic
The hexagonal mixed-anion solid solution Na 2 (CB 9 H 10 )(CB 11 H 12 ) shows the highest room-temperature ionic conductivity among all known Na-ion conductors. To study the dynamical properties of this compound, we have measured ghe 1 H and 23 Na nuclear

Low-Temperature Rotational Tunneling of Tetrahydroborate Anions in Lithium Benzimidazolate-Borohydride Li 2 (blm)BH 4

August 7, 2019
Author(s)
Alexander V. Skripov, Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Olga A. Babanova, R. V. Skoryunov, Alexei V. Soloninin, Fabrice Morelle, Y. Filinchuk, Antonio Faraone, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Terrence J. Udovic
To investigate the dynamical properties of the novel hybrid compound, lithium benzimidazolate-borohydride Li 2 (bIm)BH 4 (where bIm denotes a benzimidazolate anion, C 7 N 2 H 5 u-^), we have used a set of complementary techniques: neutron powder

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Anion and Cation Dynamics in CsSiH 3

March 31, 2019
Author(s)
R. V. Skoryunov, O. A. Babanova, A. V. Soloninin, A. V. Skripov, J.-N. Chotard, R. Janot, W. S. Tang, Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Terrence J. Udovic
In order to study the dynamical properties of cesium silanide CsSiH 3 , we have measured the 1 H and 133 Cs nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra and spin-lattice relaxation rates in this compound over the temperature range of 5 K to 354 K. The results

Tracking the Progression of Anion Reorientational Behavior between a-Phase and b-Phase Alkali-Metal Silanides, MSIH 3 , by Quasielastic Neutron Scattering

October 25, 2018
Author(s)
Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Jean-Noel Chotard, Raphael Janot, Antonio Faraone, Wan Si Tang, Alexander V. Skripov, Terrence J. Udovic
Quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) measurements over a wide range of resolutions were used to probe the reorientational behavior of the pyramidal SiH 3 - anions in the mono-alkali silanides (MSiH 3 , where M-K, Rb, and Cs) within the low-temperature

Nature of Decahydro-Closo-Decaborate Anion Reorientations in an Ordered Alkali-Metal Salt: Rb 2 B 10 H 10

July 12, 2018
Author(s)
Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Vitalie Stavila, Alexei V. Soloninin, Roman V. Skoryunov, Olga A. Babanova, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Wan Si Tang, Antonio Faraone, Jacob Daniel Tarver, Benjamin Trump, Alexander V. Skripov, Terrence J. Udovic
The ordered monoclinic phase of the alkali-metal decahydro-closodecaborate salt Rb 2 B 10 H 10 was found to be stable from about 250 K all the way up to an order-disorder phase transition temperature of approximately equal} 762 K. The broad temperature

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Anion and Cation Reorientational Dynamics in (NH 4 ) 2 B 12 H 12

January 29, 2018
Author(s)
Alexander V. Skripov, Roman V. Skoryunov, Alexei V. Soloninin, Olga A. Babanova, Vitalie Stavila, Terrence J. Udovic
Diammonium dodecahydro-closedidecabirate (NH 4 ) 2 B 12 H 12 is the ionic compound combining NH 4 + cations and [B 12 H 12 ] 2- anions both of which can exhibit high reorientational mobility. To study the dynamical properties of this unusual material, we

Order-Disorder Transitions and Superionic Conductivity in the Sodium Nido-Undeca(carba)borates

December 26, 2017
Author(s)
Wan Si NMN Tang, Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Vitalie Stavila, Wei Zhou, Hui Wu, A. Alec Talin, Terrence J. Udovic
The salt compounds NaB 11 H 14 , Na-7-CB 10 H 13 , Li-7-CB 10 H 13, Na-7,8-C d2^B 9 H 12 , and Na-7,9-C 2 B 9 H 12 all contain geometrically similar, monocharged, nido-undeca(carba)borate anions (i.e., truncated icosohedral-shaped clusters constructed of