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Novel iminocoumarin dyes (2a-c and 3a-c) having carboxyl and hydroxyl anchoring groups onto the dyes skeletons have been designed and synthesized for the application of dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells (DSSCs). The photophysical and electrochemical studies showed that these iminocoumarin dyes are suitable as light harvesting sensitizers in DSSC application. The dyes having carboxyl and hydroxyl anchoring groups (2a-c) showed better efficiency when compared to the dyes having carboxyl group (3a-c) alone. The cell consisted of dye 2a generated the highest solar-to-electricity conversion efficiency (η) of 0.767% (open circuit voltage (Voc) = 0.491 V, short circuit photocurrent density (Jsc) = 2.461 mA cm−2, fill factor (ff) = 0.635) under simulated AM 1.5 irradiation (1000 W m−2) with a total semiconductor area of 0.25 cm2. The corresponding incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) of the above cell was 21.38%. The overall low efficiency of the dyes is ascribed to the lack of light harvesting ability at longer wavelength region. 相似文献
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J.A. Mikroyannidis G. CharalambidisA.G. Coutsolelos P. BalrajuG.D. Sharma 《Journal of power sources》2011,196(15):6622-6628
A novel zinc porphyrin, P, with phenylenevinylene segments at two opposite meso-positions and carboxyphenyl at the other two meso-positions of the porphyrin ring, was synthesized and characterized. The phenylenevinylene substituents were terminated with electron-accepting 4-nitro-α-cyanostilbene units. Elongation of the π-conjugation enhanced the solubility of P as well as broadened and strengthened the absorption spectrum. We have investigated the application of P in quasi solid state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Under illumination intensity of 100 mW cm−2, a power conversion efficiency of 2.90% was obtained for the DSSC based on P as sensitizer, which was significantly improved to 4.22% upon addition of deoxycholic acid (DCA) into the P solution for TiO2 sensitization. Coadsorption of DCA decreased the dye adsorption, but significantly improved both short circuit current (Jsc) and open circuit voltage (Voc). The breakup of π stacked aggregates might improve the electron injection yield and thus Jsc. The electrochemical impedance data indicate that the electron lifetime was improved by the coadsorption of DCA, which was attributed to the improvement in both Voc and Jsc. The increase in Jsc has also been attributed to the reduction of the back reaction i.e., the recombination of electrons with tri-iodide ions. 相似文献
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Chiou-Ling ChangChin-Wei Liang Jyun-Jie SyuLeeyih Wang Man-kit Leung 《Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells》2011,95(8):2371-2379
A new class of triphenylamine substituted methanofullerene derivatives, bis(4'-(diphenylamino)biphenyl-4-yl)methanofullerene (1) and the bisadduct (2), were synthesized. The incident photon to current efficiency (IPCE) studies revealed that the diphenylamino components have contribution to the photocurrent that expands the light harvesting window around 400 nm. When being blended with poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) to fabricate the solar cell, the device of P3HT:1 (1:0.7) shows high open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.69 V under the illumination of AM 1.5, 100 mW/cm2 with high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.16%, which is about 0.1 V higher than that of the corresponding [6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) devices. This indicates that the arylamine substituents on 1 have played some special roles on the high Voc performance. Similar effects are also observed for 2. The device of P3HT:2 (1:1) shows even higher Voc of 0.87 V with the PCE of 1.83%. These results indicate that 1 and 2 are alternative high performance acceptors. 相似文献
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J.A. Mikroyannidis D.V. TsagkournosP. Balraju G.D. Sharma 《Journal of power sources》2011,196(8):4152-4161
A new series of low band gap dyes, C1, C2 and S, based on 2-styryl-5-phenylazo-pyrrole was synthesized. These dyes contain one carboxy, two carboxy and one sulfonic acid anchoring groups, respectively. They were soluble in common organic solvents, showed long-wavelength absorption maximum at ∼620 nm and optical band gap of 1.66-1.68 eV. The photophysical and electrochemical properties of these dyes were investigated and found to be suitable as photosensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The quasi solid state DSSCs with dye S showed a maximum monochromatic incident photon to current efficiency (IPCE) of 78% and an overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.17% under illumination intensity of 100 mW cm−2 (1.5 AM), which is higher than the other dyes (3.26% for C2 and 2.59% for C1). Even though dye S contains one sulfonic acid anchoring group, the higher PCE for the DSSCs based on this dye has been attributed to the higher dye loading at the TiO2 surface and enhanced electron lifetime in the device, as indicated by absorption spectra and electrochemical impedance spectra measurements. Finally, by increasing the molecular weight of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) in electrolyte, the PCE also increases up to 4.8% for the electrolyte with PEO molecular weight of 2.0 × 106. This improvement has been attributed to the enhancement in iodide ions diffusion due to the increase in free volume of polymer gel electrolyte. 相似文献
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The diazonium salt derived from 4-aminobenzoic acid, 4-aminophenol or 2-aminophenol reacted with half equivalent of pyrrole to afford symmetrical 2,5-bisazopyrroles. They reacted subsequently with boron trifluoride in the presence of triethylamine to afford the corresponding BF2-azopyrrole complexes D1, D2 and D3 respectively. They were soluble and stable in nonprotic solvents such as chloroform, dichloromethane and tetrahydrofuran but unstable in protic solvents such as ethanol. Their absorption spectra were broad with optical band gap of 1.49-1.70 eV. Among these dyes D2 displayed the broader absorption spectrum with low band gap of 1.49 eV. We have utilized these complexes as photosensitizers for quasi solid state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and achieved power conversion efficiency in the range of 4.0-6.0%. We have also found that the co-adsorption of citric acid hindered the formation of dye aggregates and might improve the electron injection efficiency leading to an enhancement in short circuit photocurrent. This work suggests that metal-free dyes based on BF2-azopyrrole complex are promising candidates for improvement of the DSSC performance. 相似文献
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Daibin Kuang Pascal Comte Daniel P. Hagberg Licheng Sun Michael Grätzel 《Solar Energy》2011,85(6):1189-19225
A series of polyene-diphenylaniline based organic dyes (coded as D5, D7, D9 and D11) have been reported for the application in ionic liquid electrolyte based dye-sensitized solar cells. The effects of substitution of organic dyes on the photovoltaic performance have been investigated, which show addition of methoxy groups on the triphenylamine donor group increases short-circuit current, open-circuit voltage and photovoltaic performance. A power conversion efficiency of 6.5% under AM 1.5 sunlight at 100 mW/cm2 has been obtained with D11 dye in combination with a binary ionic liquid electrolyte, which when subjected to accelerated testing under one sun light soaking at 60 °C, the efficiency remained 90% of initial efficiency. 相似文献
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Na Xiang Weiping Zhou Shenghui Jiang Lijun Deng Yijiang Liu Zhuo Tan Bin Zhao Ping Shen Songting Tan 《Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells》2011,95(4):1174-1181
Two novel trivalent metal porphyrin dyes, PMn-HT-SCN and PGa-HT-SCN, were designed, synthesized and firstly applied in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). These two dyes possess porphyrin donor modified with manganese (III) and gallium (III) as coordination metal and NCS as the second ligand, cyanoacrylic acid as electron-accepting moiety and 4-hexylthiophene as π-spacers. Each of the porphyrin showed different adsorption behavior and saturated coverage on the TiO2 surface. Between the two dyes, the PMn-HT-SCN-based DSSCs afforded the best photovoltaic performance: a short-circuit photocurrent density (Jsc) of 4.32 mA/cm2, an open-circuit photovoltage (Voc) of 0.61 V and a fill factor (FF) of 0.58, corresponding to a solar-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 1.53% under 100 mW/cm2 irradiation. 相似文献
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Kohjiro Hara Takeshi Nishikawa Mitsuhiko Kurashige Hiroshi Kawauchi Takeo Kashima Kazuhiro Sayama Kenichi Aika Hironori Arakawa 《Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells》2005,85(1):5360-30
We have investigated the influence of electrolyte composition on the photovoltaic performance of a dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cell (DSSC) based on a Ru(II) terpyridyl complex photosensitizer (the black dye). We have also spectroscopically investigated the interaction between the electrolyte components and the adsorbed dye. The absorption peaks attributed to the metal-to-ligand charge transfer transitions of the black dye in solution and adsorbed on a TiO2 film, were red-shifted in the presence of Li cations, which led to an expansion of the spectral response of the solar cell toward the near-IR region. The photovoltaic performance of the DSSC based on the black dye depended remarkably on the electrolyte composition. We developed a novel efficient organic liquid electrolyte containing an imidazolium iodide such as 1,2-dimethyl-3-n-propylimidazolium iodide or 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide (EMImI) for a DSSC based on the black dye. A high solar energy-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 9.2% (Jsc=19.0 mA cm−2, Voc=0.67 V, and FF=0.72) was attained under AM 1.5 irradiation (100 mW cm−2) using a novel electrolyte consisting of 1.5 M EMImI, 0.05 M iodine, and acetonitrile as a solvent with an antireflection film. 相似文献
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This paper has developed a complete two-phase model of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell by considering fluid flow, heat transfer and current simultaneously. In fluid flow, two momentum equations governing separately the gaseous-mixture velocity (ug) and the liquid-water velocity (uw) illustrate the behaviors of the two-phase flow in a porous electrode. Correlations for the capillary pressure and the saturation level connect the above two-fluid transports. In heat transfer, a local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE) model accounting for intrinsic heat transfer between the reactant fluids and the solid matrices depicts the interactions between the reactant-fluid temperature (Tf) and the solid-matrix temperature (Ts). The irreversibility heating due to electrochemical reactions, Joule heating arising from Ohmic resistance, and latent heat of water condensation/evaporation are considered in the present non-isothermal model. In current, Ohm's law is applied to yield the conservations in ionic current (im) and electronic current (is) in the catalyst layer. The Butler–Volmer correlation describes the relation of the potential difference (overpotential) and the transfer current between the electrolyte (such as Nafion™) and the catalyst (such as Pt/C). 相似文献
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Solution processable quinacridone based materials as acceptor for organic heterojunction solar cells
Iqbal JavedZoulun Zhang Tai PengTianlei Zhou Hongyu ZhangMuhammad Issa Khan Yu Liu Yue Wang 《Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells》2011,95(9):2670-2676
Two series of novel quinacridone (QA) based materials that combined a strong absorption over a broad range in visible region with good electrical characteristics, which were used as the new electron-accepting materials for organic solar cells, are explored. Unique cyclic compounds 1-6 are synthesized by incorporating electron withdrawing groups (CN, COOH) at carbonyl position of alkyl substituted quinacridones, which lead to the compounds possessing the characteristics of solution-processed and being suitable for photovoltaic applications. Heterojunction solar cells with simple device configuration using these soluble materials as acceptor and effective donor poly (3-hexyl thiophene) (P3HT) were fabricated. The maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) achieved in the solar cell based on compound 5 is 0.42% under simulated AM 1.5 solar irradiation with Jsc=1.80 mA cm−2, Voc=0.50 V and FF=47%. Although the aimed devices just exhibit moderate PCE, our results clearly suggest that the new-type electron-accepting materials different from fullerene have great potential as acceptor in heterojunction solar cell due to many advantages of the QA derivatives such as relatively inexpensive, good electrochemical stability and could be readily modified. 相似文献
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We report the first example of a Ni(II) complex that demonstrates sensitiser function in a Dye-Sensitised Solar Cell (DSSC). Complexes [Ni(dcbpy)(qdt)] (1), [Ni(decbpy)(qdt)] (2) and [Ni(decbpy)Cl2] (3) (where dcbpy = 4,4′-dicarboxy-2,2′-bipyridine; decbpy = 4,4′-di(CO2Et)-2,2′-bipyridine; and qdt = quinoxaline-2,3-dithiolate) have been prepared. Characterisation was carried out using electrochemical, spectroscopic and computational techniques. Intensive visible transitions of 1 and 2 have been assigned predominantly to Ligand-to-Ligand Charge Transfer (LLCT) from the qdt to the diimine ligand, suggesting appropriate charge separation for application in a photoelectrochemical device. TiO2 sensitised with 2, following charge injection, processes a recombination time significantly long for photovoltaic function. In a DSSC, using redox electrolyte, photocurrents and photovoltages of 0.293 mA and 521 mV were observed, with optimum values requiring TiCl4 post-treatment of TiO2 and co-adsorption of Chenodeoxycholic acid (Cheno). Although photovoltaic function was observed, the low photocurrent is attributed to a short-lived excited state lifetime resulting in poor charge injection from the Ni(II) sensitiser. 相似文献
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We have prepared two two-dimensional polythiophenes (2D-PTs; P1 and P2) possessing alkyl-thiophene side chains by Stille coupling reactions. Optical measurements indicate that the bandgaps of P1 and P2 being 1.98 and 1.77 eV, respectively. P2 displayed a red-shift in its absorption spectrum because of the longer length of its conjugated side chains. Desirable highest occupied molecular orbital (HUMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels were obtained from electrochemical studies, which suggested that these systems would exhibit high open-circuit voltages when blended with fullerene as electron acceptors. The hole mobility (thin film transistor (TFT) measurement) of P1 and P2 are 3.5×10−4 and 4.6×10−3 cm2 V−1 s−1, respectively. A power conversion efficiency of 2.5% is obtained under simulated solar illumination (AM 1.5G, 100 mW cm−2) from a polymer solar cell comprising an active layer containing 25 wt% P1 and 75 wt% [6,6]-phenyl-C71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM). 相似文献
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Seulgi SoHyunbong Choi Chulwoo KimNara Cho Haye Min KoJae Kwan Lee Jaejung Ko 《Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells》2011,95(12):3433-3441
New symmetrical low band-gap small molecule materials, SQ-bis[HP-HT2-TPA] and SQ-bis[HP-HT2-BT] incorporating as novel derivative of squaraine-pyrrole framework and π-extended thiophene with triphenyamine (TPA) and benzothiophene (BT) end group, have been synthesized and characterized. The effects of TPA moiety were investigated. Compared to SQ-bis[HP-HT2-BT], SQ-bis[HP-HT2-TPA] exhibited three times improved transporting property of hole carrier and four times enhanced absorptivity by more efficient intermolecular π−π interaction for high-efficiency bulk heterojunction (BHJ) device, suggesting that TPA contributes to a better hole mobility. The bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic devices fabricated with SQ-bis[HP-HT2-TPA]/C71-PCBM BHJ film had an average power-conversion efficiency of 1.83%(±0.12) under 100 mW/cm2, with a short-circuit current (Jsc) of 9.32 mA/cm2, fill factor (FF) of 0.30, and open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.65 V, which has ∼42% higher efficiency compared to SQ-bis[HP-HT2-BT]/C71-PCBM BHJ films. 相似文献
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A solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) comprising of p-type NiO thin layer on TiO2 was fabricated in which the dye is adsorbed on the p-type oxide and the thin NiO layer acts as a hole collector as well as a barrier for charge recombination. DSSC with NiO-coated TiO2 electrodes with Ru-dye delivers Isc=0.15 mA and Voc=480 mV. It was shown that the p-type oxide materials could be successfully used to construct DSSC and the plausible charge transfer mechanism is discussed. 相似文献
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K. Sathish-Kumar O. Solorza-Feria J. Tapia-Ramírez N. Rinderkenecht-Seijas H.M. Poggi-Varaldo 《International Journal of Hydrogen Energy》2013
In microbial fuel cells (MFCs) efficient extracellular electron transfer microbes, also known as anode-respiring bacteria, play an important role on cell performance. This type of microbes can be developed by application of enrichment procedures. The objective of this study was to compare a chemical (only C, final terminal electron acceptor Fe(III)), an electrochemical (only E), and a hybrid method (H, i.e., E followed by 3 serial transfers in iron (III) citrate medium) enrichment methods departing from a saline–sodic soil inoculum. In the electrochemical enrichment procedure in an electrolysis cell, the inoculum was subjected to a continuous electrical stress continually by posing the cell at −150 mV/SCE (+94 mV/SHE). The only C enrichment method delivered powers superior to the only E one (higher values of PAn,max = 49 mW m−2 and PV,max = 558 mW m−3 of C compared to 33 and 379 of only E). Interestingly, overall resistance as determined by EIS was lower for only E (1240 Ω) than for only C (1632 Ω). Yet, the hybrid H method, showed electrochemical characteristics consistently superior to both only C and only E methods (higher PAn,max and PV,max, lower internal resistance). Further detailed electrochemical studies of only E-method showed that the anodic resistance decreased with the time of operation of the electrolysis cell that would be consistent with the adaptability/enrichment purpose of the method. Also, Cyclic voltammetry peaks with values close to those reported for bacterial cytochromes appeared with time of cell operation. 相似文献
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Seung-Min LeeSu-Bin Lee Ki-Hyun KimSang-Eun Cho Young-Keun Kim Hyun-Woo Park Jin-Kook Lee Mi-Ra Kim 《Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells》2011,95(1):306-309
We synthesized the thiophene-based copolymers (P(3TAF-co-3TAa)-A-n and P(3TAF-co-3TAa)-B-n) using two different kinds of thiophene monomers, (N-(3-thienylmethylene)-2-aminofluorene and 3-thiophene acetic acid), as sensitizers on the DSSCs. P(3TAF-co-3TAa)-A-n (n=1, 2, 3) was synthesized with different molar ratios (3TAF:3TAa=1:5, 1:10, 1:20) of monomers at room temperature, respectively. Also, P(3TAF-co-3TAa)-B-n (n=1, 2, 3) was synthesized with above molar ratios of monomers at 0 °C, respectively. The DSSCs devices were fabricated using the thiophene-based copolymers as sensitizers and their photovoltaic performances were measured by using a solar simulator under AM 1.5. In the DSSCs devices using polymeric sensitizers, Voc is 0.53-0.60 V, Jsc is 1.9-4.5 mA/cm2, FF is 0.51-0.63 and the power conversion efficiency is 0.63-1.53%, respectively. 相似文献
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Improved power conversion efficiency of bulk heterojunction poly(3-hexylthiophene):PCBM photovoltaic devices using small molecule additive 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
S.S. SharmaG.D. Sharma J.A. Mikroyannidis 《Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells》2011,95(4):1219-1223
We report that the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic device based on poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) blend was improved by incorporating a small molecule SM having absorption band in the longer wavelength region. SM is a small molecule containing thienothiadiazole central unit with terminal cyanovinylene 4-nitrophenyl at both sides, which were connected to the central unit via a thiophene ring. The combination of SM with P3HT and PCBM allows not only a broad band absorption up to longer wavelength, but also tuning the inter-energy level leading to a higher short circuit current (Jsc) and open circuit voltage (Voc). The device based on the as cast P3HT:PCBM:SM exhibits a PCE of 3.69%, which is higher than the device based on P3HT:PCBM and SM:PCBM blends. The overall PCE of the device based on thermally annealed blend is further improved up to 4.1%. The improvement of the PCE has been attributed to a better charge transport in the device, due to the increased crystallinity of the blend through thermal annealing. 相似文献
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Mixtures of nickel and metal aluminate (Ni–MAl2O4 [M = Fe, Co, Ni and Cu]) were fabricated, and their electrical conductivities, microstructures and thermal expansions were measured. During the sintering of these mixtures, MAl2O4 reacts with NiO to form NiAl2O4 and MOx which are thought to be the reasons for the differences in the microstructures and electrical properties. Except for FeAl2O4, Ni–MAl2O4 mixtures show metallic conductivity behavior and their electrical conductivities are sufficient for cell operation. Their thermal expansion coefficients are much lower than conventional Ni-YSZ mixtures and closer to the 8YSZ electrolyte. The peak power densities of single cells supported with Ni–NiAl2O4 and Ni–CoAl2O4 are 410 and 440 mW cm−2 at 850 °C, respectively, which are lower than 490 mW cm−2 of Ni-YSZ. This is due to the polarization resistances of functional anode layer. The Ni–CuAl2O4-supported cell has no electrical performance because of Cu migration and segregation. 相似文献
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Congbin Fan Ping Yang Xiaomei Wang Gang Liu Xiaoxia JiangHongzheng Chen Xutang TaoMang Wang Minghua Jiang 《Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells》2011,95(3):992-1000
A series of new “D-A-D” chromophores containing hexafluorocyclopentene thiophene as an acceptor and a triphenylamine unit as a donor, called TP-G1, TP-G2, TPB-G1 and TPB-G2, were designed and synthesized. Heterojunction organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells containing these chromophores were fabricated, and device 1, with the structure of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/TP-G1:P3HT/LiF/Al, displayed an open-circuit voltage (Voc), short-circuit current (Jsc) and power-conversion efficiency (η) of 0.74 V, 1.178 mA/cm2 and 0.22%, respectively. The triphenylamine group could effectively induce the open-ring isomer to close because the 4- and 4′- positions of the benzene rings were substituted by an electron-donating group and the value of the quantum yields of the closed-ring isomers increased. As a result, the closed-ring isomer facilitated intramolecular π-electron delocalization and exhibited a broad absorption band ranging from 200 to 850 nm. Due to the fluorine substitution of hexafluorocylopentene at the molecular center and the hole-transport characteristics of the triphenylamine moiety on the periphery, our chromophores showed obvious dual semiconductor properties, i.e., n- and p-type, which demonstrated a potential application for OPV devices. 相似文献
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Teshome B. Yisgedu Zhenguo Huang Xuenian Chen Hima K. Lingam Graham King Aaron Highley Sean Maharrey Patrick M. Woodward Richard Behrens Sheldon G. Shore Ji-Cheng Zhao 《International Journal of Hydrogen Energy》2012
The structure of (NH4)2B10H10 (1) was determined through powder XRD analysis. The thermal decomposition of 1 and (NH4)2B12H12 (2) was examined between 20 and 1000 °C using STMBMS methods. Between 200 and 400 °C a mixture of NH3 and H2 evolves from both compounds; above 400 °C only H2 evolves. The dihydrogen bonding interaction in 1 is much stronger than that in 2. The stronger dihydrogen bond in 1 resulted in a significant reduction by up to 60 °C, but with a corresponding 25% decrease in the yield of H2 in the lower temperature region and a doubling of the yield of NH3. The decomposition of 1 follows a lower temperature exothermic reaction pathway that yields substantially more NH3 than the higher temperature endothermic pathway of 2. Heating of 1 at 250 °C resulted in partial conversion of B10H102− to B12H122−. Both 1 and 2 form an insoluble polymeric material after decomposition. The elements of the reaction network that control the release of H2 from the B10H102− can be altered by conducting the experiment under conditions in which pressures of NH3 and H2 are either near, or away from, their equilibrium values. 相似文献