Reactivity of Coinage Metal Hydrides for the Production of H2 Molecules

Abstract

Abstract Invited for this month's cover picture is the group of Dr. Cristina Trujillo at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute in Dublin (Ireland) and Prof. Ibon Alkorta at the CSIC in Madrid (Spain). The cover picture shows the possibility of reversibly storing hydrogen using metallic compounds as reactants to produce H2 gas and metallic dimers. Computational studies have been carried out to investigate these processes, as shown in the concept art by the Schrödinger equation. It was found that the formation and release of H2 is energetically favorable. These results are a promising starting point for further research of using coinage metals for storing hydrogen in light compounds. Read the full text of their Full Paper at 10.1002/open.202100108.