Significant interest has grown in the development of earth-abundant and efficient catalytic materials for hydrogen generation. Layered transition metal dichalcogenides present opportunities for efficient electrocatalytic systems. Here, we report the modification of 1D MoOx/ MoS2 core−shell nanostructures by lithium intercalation and the corresponding changes in morphology, structure, and mechan...

We present newly calculated low-temperature opacities for gas with a primordial chemical composition. In contrast to earlier calculations which took a pure metal-free Hydrogen/Helium mixture, we take into account the small fractions of Deuterium and Lithium as resulting from Standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. Our opacity tables cover the density range −16 < log ρ [g cm−3] < −2 and temperature r...

The asymmetric unit of the title salt, 2C4H8N5 (+)·SO4 (2-)·5H2O, contains four 2,4,6-tri-amino-pyrimidinium (TAPH(+)) cations, two sulfate anions and ten lattice water mol-ecules. Each two of the four TAPH(+) cations form dimers via N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds between the amino groups and the unprotonated pyrimidine N atoms [graph-set motif R 2 (2)(8)]. The (TAPH(+))2 dimers, in turn, form slightly o...

The title salt, C(10)H(7)N(2) (+)·HSO(4) (-), is formed by the transfer of a proton from H(2)SO(4) to the N atom of 2-cyano-quinoline during crystallization. The quinoline ring system is approximately planar with a maximum deviation of 0.013 (3) Å. In the crystal, the cations are linked to the anions via inter-molecular N-H⋯O, O-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a layered network.

We demonstrate that non-stoichiometric lithium imide is a highly active catalyst for the production of high-purity hydrogen from ammonia, with superior ammonia decomposition activity to a number of other catalyst materials. Neutron powder diffraction measurements reveal that the catalyst deviates from pure imide stoichiometry under ammonia flow, with active catalytic behaviour observed across a...

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles have been produced using precipitation methods from ethanolic solution. Rare-earth metal doping was performed, and the effect of lithium codoping on the luminescence properties of the rare-earth doped products was assessed. The resulting particles were characterized using cathodoluminescence and scanning electron microscopy. It was found that lithium significantly...

To reduce lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (lithium-NDI), patients with bipolar disorder are treated with thiazide and amiloride, which are thought to induce antidiuresis by a compensatory increase in prourine uptake in proximal tubules. However, thiazides induced antidiuresis and alkalinized the urine in lithium-NDI mice lacking the sodium-chloride cotransporter, suggesting that ...