an efficient, mild and environmentally friendly method was reported for the synthesis of an efficient, mild and environmentally friendly method was reported for the synthesis of pyranopyroles from aryl aldehydes, ethyl acetoacetate, malononitrile and hydrazine hydrate in the presence of catalytic amounts of methyl imidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([hmim][hso4]) as an efficient catalyst. these synth...

Remarkable Activity and Stability of Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production over Dye-Sensitized Single Molecular Layer MoS2 Ensemble Experimental Preparation of S-MoS2 Single-layer MoS2 was synthesized by the exfoliation of MoS2 with lithium intercalation[1]. The starting material used in the reported studies was bulk MoS2 powder from Sigma Aldrich. 500 mg of the black MoS2 powder was first soaked ...

THE ASYMMETRIC UNIT OF THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: (R,R)-2,4-bis-(4-hydroxy-phen-yl)-N,N'-dimethyl-3-oxapentane-1,5-diammonium bis-(hydrogen sulfate)], C(18)H(26)N(2)O(3) (2+)·2HSO(4) (-), contains one half-cation and one hydrogen sulfate anion. The cation has crystallographically imposed twofold symmetry with the rotation axis passing through the central ether O atom. Hydrogen bonds b...

Lithium ion conductors 5. Lithium Nitride Li3N 6. Lithium Lanthanum Titanium Oxide, Li3xLa0.67-xTiO3 7. Lithium Titanium Phosphate, LiTi2(PO4)3 Sodium ion conductors 8. Sodium β-Alumina, Na2O)1+x(Al2O3)11 9. Sodium β”-Alumina, Li-stabilized, Na1.5(Li0.25Al10.75)O17 10. Sodium β-Gallate, (Na2O)*n(Ga2O3) 11. Sodium β”-Gallate, Na1.98Ga10.673 O17 12. Sodium Yttrium Silicate, Na5YSi4O12 13. Sodium ...

Increased neuronal oxidative stress (OxS) induces deleterious effects on signal transduction, structural plasticity and cellular resilience, mainly by inducing lipid peroxidation in membranes, proteins and genes. Major markers of OxS levels include the thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and the enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase. Lithium h...

Flowing metal plasma facing components (PFCs) have the ability to withstand the extreme conditions of future tokamaks. The FLIRE facility at the University of Illinois measures the retention properties, both for helium (ash pumping) and hydrogen (recycling regime, tritium inventory), of candidate liquid PFCs, such as lithium. Results of hydrogen absorption measurements in flowing liquid lithium...

The title compound, [Li(NH(3))(4)](+)[Li(NH(3))(3)S(3)](-), an ammo-niate of the previously unknown lithium tris-ulfide, was obtained from the reaction of lithium and sulfur in liquid ammonia. The asymmetric unit consists of two crystallographically independent formula units. The [Li(NH(3))(4)](+) cations are close to regular LiN(4) tetra-hedra. The anions contain LiSN(3) tetra-hedra; the S-S-S...

The discovery of hydrogen-rich waters preserved below the Earth's surface in Precambrian rocks worldwide expands our understanding of the habitability of the terrestrial subsurface. Many deep microbial ecosystems in these waters survive by coupling hydrogen oxidation to sulfate reduction. Hydrogen originates from water-rock reactions including serpentinization and radiolytic decomposition of wa...

Ionic liquids based on 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium cations and the hydrogen sulfate (or bisulfate) anion, HSO(4)(-), are much more viscous than ionic liquids with alkyl sulfates, RSO(4)(-). The structural origin of the high viscosity of HSO(4)(-) ionic liquids is unraveled from detailed comparison of the anion Raman bands in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate and 1-butyl-3-methylimida...

Ab initio density-functional theory study suggests that pillared Li-dispersed boron carbide nanotubes is capable of storing hydrogen with a mass density higher than 6.0 weight% and a volumetric density higher than 45 g/L. The boron substitution in carbon nanotube greatly enhances the binding energy of Li atom to the nanotube, and this binding energy (~ 2.7 eV) is greater than the cohesive energ...