Projects
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| Reference Number | GR/T10169/01 | |
| Title | Novel High Hydride Content Octahedra - Uniting Early & Late Transition Metal Cluster Chemistry | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen storage) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr A Weller No email address given Oxford Chemistry University of Oxford |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 18 October 2004 | |
| End Date | 17 October 2006 | |
| Duration | 24 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £151,196 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Chemicals | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Physical Sciences | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr A Weller , Oxford Chemistry, University of Oxford (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor PR Raithby , Chemistry, University of Bath (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | This proposal seeks to develop synthetic routes to, and the chemistry of, a novel class of transition metal cluster compound based high hydride content octahedra: ((PR3)6Rh6H12)2+. These compounds neatly span two disparate areas of duster chemistry, that of the late transition metals and that of the early transition metals. The development of the chemistry of these systems will thus have impact on the following areas: catalysis (homogeneous and heterogeneous), structure and bonding (new structural motifs in cluster chemistry) and hydrogen storage (reversible dihydrogen addition/removal). The structural aspects of these complexes will also be investigated by neutron diffraction techniques (location of hydride ligands) and EXAFS (solution-state structure) | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
