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Oxygen-free Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Lithiated Composites on Graphene for Advanced Hydrogen Storage.

ABSTRACT: A facile hydrogenation-induced self-assembly strategy to synthesize lithium hydride (LiH) nanosheets with a thickness of 2 nm that are uniformly distributed on graphene is reported and designed. Taking advantage of LiH nanosheets with high reactivity and a homogeneous distribution on graphene support as a nanoreactor, the confined chemical synthesis of oxygen-free lithiated composites is effectively and efficiently realized.

SUBMITTER: Xia G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5604367 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Oxygen-free Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Lithiated Composites on Graphene for Advanced Hydrogen Storage.

Xia Guanglin G Tan Yingbin Y Chen Xiaowei X Fang Fang F Sun Dalin D Li Xingguo X Guo Zaiping Z Yu Xuebin X

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20170425 9

<b>A facile hydrogenation-induced self-assembly strategy</b> to synthesize lithium hydride (LiH) nanosheets with a thickness of 2 nm that are uniformly distributed on graphene is reported and designed. Taking advantage of LiH nanosheets with high reactivity and a homogeneous distribution on graphene support as a nanoreactor, the confined chemical synthesis of oxygen-free lithiated composites is effectively and efficiently realized. ...[more]

PMID: 28932654

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