This review describes recent research in the development of tank systems based on complex metal hydrides for thermolysis and hydrolysis. Commercial applications using complex metal hydrides are limited, especially for thermolysis-based systems where so far only demonstration projects have been performed. Hydrolysis-based systems find their way in space, naval, military and defense applications ...

The recycling of sodium borohydride poses a huge challenge to the drive towards hydrogen economy. Currently, mechano-chemical, thermo-chemical and electrochemical are only reported methods metaborate into borohydride. Much attention has been devoted mechano-chemical reduction, but little focus methods. This review describes behaviour (BH4−) (BO2−) anions in alkaline solutions. BH4− is stabilize...

The hydrolysis of borohydride salts is a promising process for the generation in situ of pure molecular hydrogen that can be used as an alternative fuel. One of the obstacles toward its concrete application in the realm of green energy resides in nonlinear behaviors of H2 delivery during the reaction development. In particular, we have recently shown that this system behaves like a chemical osc...

The B–H bond length of the borohydride anion (BH4?) in alkali metal borohydrides MBH4 with M = Na, K, Rb, Cs, and diluted different halide matrices, was investigated experimentally by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) theoretically using first principles calculations. peak positions IR absorption spectra NaBH4 pressed at 754 MPa halides NaX KX X Cl, Br, I show significant variations indicating ion e...