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Potassium‐Doped Borophane Nanosheets: A Multifunctional Platform for Reversible Hydrogen Storage and Metal‐Free Hydrogen Transfer

Rajamohanan Sobhana Anju, Pankaj Kumar, Dhanaji R. Naikwadi, Bettina Baumgartner, Savi Chaudhary, Atul Bansode, Merel C. Konings, Freek Ariese, Erdni D. Batyrev, Prasad Gonugunta, Vimal Chandra Srivastava, Ramaswamy Murugavel, N. Raveendran Shiju

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ABSTRACT 2D borophene has long been proposed as a promising hydrogen storage material, but experimental demonstrations remain limited to boron hydride sheets derived from MgB 2 . Here, we report the synthesis of potassium‐doped borophane (BH) nanosheets, which serve as a high‐capacity, reversible hydrogen storage platform and metal‐free reducing agent. Through selective hydride transfer, the BH sheet efficiently converted levulinic acid (LA) to γ‐valerolactone (GVL) under mild reaction conditions. Density functional theory (DFT) predicts a theoretical hydrogen content of 4.2 wt.% for the potassium‐doped BH sheet. Remarkably, the dehydrogenated BH sheets can be partially regenerated under 50 bar H 2 , demonstrating reversible hydrogen storage. This work serves as an experimental validation for alkali‐metal‐modified borophanes acting as a multifunctional material for hydrogen storage and transfer, opening avenues for sustainable energy and other applications.
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Nanomaterials

OpenAlex topics: Hydrogen Storage and Materials · Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research · Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry

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Catalysis Engineering Group, Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Amsterdam Amsterdam 1090GD The Netherlands

Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee India

Department of Chemical Engineering Delft University of Technology Delft The Netherlands

Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio‐Inspired Catalysis group Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands

Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai India

LaserLaB Department of Physics and Astronomy Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands

Tata Steel Research & Development IJmuiden The Netherlands

Department of Material Science and Engineering Delft University of Technology Delft The Netherlands

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