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In the quest for alternative energy sources, hydrogen has long been touted as one of the most likely candidates to replace fossil fuels, provided practical solutions for its storage and transport can be found. Clathrate hydrates, amongst other nano-porous materials, have shown remarkable potential for hydrogen storage, adsorbing up to 7.5%wt H, albeit in extreme pressure and temperature conditions [1]. Upon crystallising, these compounds form a three-dimensional host matrix where guest atoms can be accommodated within distinct polyhedral “cages”. Recent work exhibited a sodium silicide clathrate NaxSi46, consisting of a silicon matrix with two distinct Na guest sites, labelled 2a and 6d, stable at room temperature and with promising hydrogen encapsulation properties [2]. Magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance was initially used to show that in the growth conditions specific to this work some of the 6d sites were Na-deficient and H-rich.
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This work was carried out in part at the National Centre for Electron Microscopy, under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC02-05CH11231 and DE-FG02-03ER46057 and was supported by the Centre of Excellence for Chemical Hydrides under contract number DE-FC36-05GO15055
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Ramasse, Q.M. et al. (2008). Structure determination of H-encapsulating clathrate compounds in aberration-corrected STEM. In: Luysberg, M., Tillmann, K., Weirich, T. (eds) EMC 2008 14th European Microscopy Congress 1–5 September 2008, Aachen, Germany. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85156-1_23
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