Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 393, Issue 1-2, Pages 264-268Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2004.09.063
Keywords
hydrogen storage materials; complex hydride; x-ray diffraction; charge density; synchrotron radiation
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Complex hydrides, such as lithium amide (LiNH2) and lithium imide (LiNH), have recently been noticed as one of the most promising materials for reversible hydrogen storage. In this paper, we reveal the bonding nature of hydrogen in Li2NH crystal by synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction measurement at room temperature. The crystal structure was refined by Rietveld method and the charge density distribution was analyzed by maximum entropy method (MEM). The Li2NH crystal is anti-fluorite type structure (space group Fm (3) over barm) consisting of Li and NH. Hydrogen atom occupies randomly the 48h (Wyckoff notation) sites around N atom. The refined lattice constant is a = 5.0742(2) A. The charge density distribution around NH anion in Li2NH is almost spherical. The number of electrons within the sphere around the Li and NH is estimated from the obtained charge density distribution. As the result, the ionic charge is expressed as [Li0.99+](2)[NH](1.21-). Therefore, it is confirmed experimentally that Li2NH is ionically bonded. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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