Abstract
Ca(BH4)2 is a promising material for hydrogen storage due to its high gravimetric capacity and expected suitable thermodynamic properties. Experimental reports indicate a more complex reaction pathway than the previously proposed route, including formation of unknown intermediate phases. In this work, the reaction scheme of a mixture of γ- and β-Ca(BH4)2 was investigated using temperature programmed desorption and high-resolution synchrotron radiation powder X-ray diffraction. An unknown intermediate Ca–B–H-containing phase has been identified as a CaB2Hx compound where x most probably equals 2. A structure model is proposed.
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