This is the second volume in the NATO ASI series dealing with the topic of hydrogen in solids. The first (V. B76, Metal Hydrides) appeared five years ago and focussed primarily on crystalline phases of hydrided metallic systems. In the intervening period, the amorphous solid state has become an area of intense research activity, encompassing both metallic and non-metallic, e.g. semiconducting, systems. At the same time the problem of storage of hydrogen, which motivated the first ASI, continues to be important. In the case of metallic systems, there were early indications that metallic glasses and disordered alloys may be more corrosion resistant, less susceptible to embrittlement by hydrogen and have a higher hydrogen mobility than ordered metals or intermetallics. All of these properties are desirable for hydrogen storage. Subsequent research has shown that thermodynamic instability is a severe problem in many amorphous metal hydrides. The present ASI has provided an appropriate forum to focus on these issues.
Author(s): Morrel H. Cohen (auth.), Gust Bambakidis, Robert C. Bowman Jr. (eds.)
Series: NATO ASI Series 136
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1986
Language: English
Pages: 428
Tags: Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Elements of the Theory of Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 1-14
Electronic Structure of α-SiH....Pages 15-19
Electron Density of States in Random Systems....Pages 21-26
A CPA Description of the Electronic and Transport Properties of α-GeH, α-SiH and α-SiGeH....Pages 27-38
Fluctuation Induced Gap States in Amorphous Hydrogenated Silicon....Pages 39-49
Hydrogen Distribution in Amorphous Silicon and Silicon Based Alloys....Pages 51-60
Hydrogen on Semiconductor Surfaces....Pages 61-79
Hydrogen Passivation of Polycrystalline Silicon....Pages 81-90
The Influence of Hydrogen on the Defects and Instabilities in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon....Pages 91-99
NMR Investigation of Paired Hydrogen Atoms in Plasma-Deposited Amorphous Silicon....Pages 101-109
Deuteron Magnetic Resonance in Some Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 111-117
Charge Transfer Electron-Exciton Complexes in Insulators and Semiconductors....Pages 119-126
Preparation, Structure and Properties of Glassy Metal Hydrides....Pages 127-138
Theory of Electronic States in Disordered Alloy Hydrides....Pages 139-152
Hydrogen in Disordered Solids: Model and Calculations....Pages 153-172
Formation of Amorphous Metals by Solid State Reactions of Hydrogen with an Intermetallic Compound....Pages 173-184
Thermal Stability of Hydrides of Disordered and Amorphous Alloys....Pages 185-202
Hydrogen in Ni-Zr Metallic Glasses....Pages 203-213
Mechanical Relaxation Behavior of Hydrogenated Metallic Glasses....Pages 215-236
NMR Studies of the Hydrides of Disordered and Amorphous Alloys....Pages 237-262
Deuteron Magnetic Resonance in a-Zr 2 PdD 2.9 ....Pages 263-272
Hydrogen Diffusion in Amorphous Pd 80 Si 20 H 3 — a Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Study....Pages 273-282
Neutron Vibrational Spectroscopy of Disordered Metal-Hydrogen Systems....Pages 283-302
Hydrogen in Amorphous Cu x Ti 1−x Alloys: Neutron Diffraction and Computer Simulation Studies....Pages 303-314
Quasi-Elastic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Study of CuTi Amorphous Hydrides....Pages 315-325
Dynamical Disorder of Hydrogen in LaNi 5−y M y Hydrides Studied by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering....Pages 327-337
Recent Studies of Intermetallic Hydrides....Pages 339-340
Hydrogen Solubility in Ordered and Disordered Palladium Alloys....Pages 341-350
Determination of Hydrogen Concentration in Thin Films of Absorbing Materials....Pages 351-358
Comparative Studies of Amorphous and Crystalline Hydrides via Incoherent Scattering....Pages 359-375
Disorder Induced by Aging in Metal Tritides....Pages 377-386
Tritium in Pd and Pd 0.80 Ag 0.20 ....Pages 387-395
Hydrogen at Metallic Surfaces and Interfaces....Pages 397-421
Back Matter....Pages 423-428
