Theoretical Prediction of Metastable Intermediates in the Decomposition of Mg(BH4)2

Yongsheng Zhang; Eric Majzoub; Vidvuds Ozoliņš; C. Wolverton

doi:10.1021/jp302303z

Theoretical Prediction of Metastable Intermediates in the Decomposition of Mg(BH4)2

Yongsheng Zhang
, Eric Majzoub
, Vidvuds Ozoliņš
, C. Wolverton

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume	116
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jp302303z
State	Published - May 17 2012

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Chemistry

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