Publications by Philippe Mauron

Hydrogen Desorption Kinetics in Metal Intercalated Fullerides

For different hydrogenated metal intercalated fullerides (Na10C60-H, Li12C60-H, and Li28C60-H) the activation energies for hydrogen desorption were determined by DSC. The Vyazovkin advanced method (VA) was used for the calculation of the reaction model fre ...

American Chemical Society2015

Description of the capacity degradation mechanism in LaNi5-based alloy electrodes

Marco Roman Holzer, Andreas Züttel, Philippe Mauron, Mariana Spodaryk

The mechanism of the capacity degradation of LaNi5-based alloy electrodes was investigated with a special focus on the influence of the alloy and surface composition, as well as the unique structure obtained by gas atomisation. The electrochemical properti ...

Elsevier Science Sa2015

The catalyzed hydrogen sorption mechanism in alkali alanates

Andreas Züttel, Shunsuke Kato, Elsa Callini, Philippe Mauron

The hydrogen sorption pathways of alkali alanates were analyzed and a mechanism for the catalytic hydrogen sorption was developed. Gibbs free energy values of selected intermediate steps were calculated based on experimentally determined thermodynamic data ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2015

Storage of Renewable Energy by Reduction of CO2 with Hydrogen

Marco Roman Holzer, Andreas Züttel, Shunsuke Kato, Elsa Callini, Philippe Mauron, Jianmei Huang

The main difference between the past energy economy during the industrialization period which was mainly based on mining of fossil fuels, e.g. coal, oil and methane and the future energy economy based on renewable energy is the requirement for storage of t ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2015

Surface Reactions are Crucial for Energy Storage

Andreas Züttel, Shunsuke Kato, Elsa Callini, Philippe Mauron

Reactions between gas molecules, e.g. H-2 and CO2 and solids take place at the surface. The electronic states and the local geometry of the atomic arrangement determine the energy of the adsorbate, i.e. the initial molecule and the transition state. Here w ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2015

Experimental charge density of LiBD4 from maximum entropy method

Andreas Züttel, Philippe Mauron

We report on maximum entropy method study of the experimental atomic and ionic charges of LiBD4 in its low-temperature orthorhombic phase. Synchrotron radiation x-ray powder diffraction data, neutron powder diffraction data, and density functional calculat ...

2011

Structure of the Orthorhombic gamma-Phase and Phase Transitions of Ca(BD4)(2)

Andreas Züttel, Philippe Mauron

We have solved and refined the crystal structure of the orthorhombic gamma-phase of Ca(BD4)(2) by combined synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, neutron powder diffraction, and ab initio calculations. Among five structural candidates giving the same qualit ...

2009

Composition of hydrofullerene mixtures produced by C60 reaction with hydrogen gas revealed by high-resolution mass spectrometry

Yury Tsybin, Andreas Züttel, Philippe Mauron

2005