Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles

Baldissin, G; Boag, NM; Tang, CC; Bull, DJ

Abstract

Deprotonation of ammonia with n-butyllithium offers a facile synthetic route to produce pure lithium amide exhibiting fine granularity, which facilitates the complete thermal decomposition to lithium imide at a relatively low temperature of 600 K. Synthesised compounds were characterised by high-resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction, and the particle morphology of lithium amide was studied by transmission electron microscopy. The proposed methodology readily affords the production of pure lithium amide nanoparticles at both bench-top and commercial scale.

Citation

Baldissin, G., Boag, N., Tang, C., & Bull, D. (2013). Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1993-1996. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201201535

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Jul 14, 2015
• Journal: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
• Print ISSN: 1434-1948
• Electronic ISSN: 1099-0682
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 1993-1996
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201201535
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201201535
• Related Public URLs: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0682c
• Additional Information: Funders : Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC);Science and Technologies Funding Council (UK)