The Influence of Boron Doping Concentration on MgH_{2} Electronic Structure

• Authors: S. Kurko , B. Paskaš-Mamula , Lj. Matović , J. Grbović Novaković , N. Novaković
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We have performed ab initio electronic structure calculations of Mg_{1-x}B_{x}H_{2} compounds with different boron concentrations, ranging from x =0.0625 to 0.5. Full structural relaxation was performed in order to properly describe influence of dopant on host matrix. Results showed that there is a strong influence of boron concentration on structural and thermodynamic stability of compound. B-H bond length is substantially shorter then in Mg-H coordination polyhedron. Boron significantly contributes to density of states at Fermi level within energy gap. The width of boron electronic states heavily depends on boron concentration, causing reduction of energy gap of host MgH_{2}, and leading to metallic nature of compound with highest boron concentration. The predicted thermodynamic instability of compounds with higher boron concentration is in agreement with experimental findings that under similar stoichiometry, boron with magnesium forms only complex hydride, Mg(BH_{4})_{2}. It is also shown that existence of stable hydrides with MgH_{2} rutile structure and small concentration of boron is possible in principle and that boron can be used to further destabilize MgH_{2} in order to enhance its hydrogen sorption-desorption kinetics.

Keywords

EN

31.15.A-; 88.80.F-; 88.30.R-

Discipline

• 31.15.A-: Ab initiocalculations
• 88.80.F-: Energy storage technologies(see also 84.60.Ve Energy storage systems, including capacitor banks)
• 88.30.R-: Hydrogen storage

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 120
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 238-241

Dates

published

2011-08

Contributors

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S. Kurko

• University of Belgrade, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Laboratory for Material Sciences, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia

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B. Paskaš-Mamula

• University of Belgrade, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Laboratory for Nuclear and Plasma Physics, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia

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Lj. Matović

• University of Belgrade, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Laboratory for Material Sciences, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia

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J. Grbović Novaković

• University of Belgrade, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Laboratory for Material Sciences, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia

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N. Novaković

• University of Belgrade, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Laboratory for Nuclear and Plasma Physics, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.120.238