Staff information

Biography

Tom Autrey is a Staff Scientist in the Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Dr. Autrey's current research interests are focused on materials and approaches to hydrogen storage for small power and on-board fuel cell applications. He is a PI on the DOE Office of Science Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, Control of Hydrogen Release and Uptake in Condensed Phases, and a CoPI on the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence. He serves on the Lujan Center Neutron review committee at LANSCE, the Advisory Board for the Hydrocarbon Resources Gordon Research Conference and is a panel expert on the International Energy Agency (IEA) task on Hydrogen Storage.

Education and Credentials

• Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 1987
• B.S. from the University of Oregon in 1982

Affiliations and Professional Service

• American Chemical Society
• Materials Research Society

PNNL Publications

2009

• Rousseau RJ, GK Schenter, JL Fulton, JC Linehan, MH Engelhard, and T Autrey. 2009. "Defining Active Catalyst Structure and Reaction Pathways from ab Initio Molecular Dynamics and Operando XAFS: Dehydrogenation of Dimethylaminoborane by Rhodium Clusters ." Journal of the American Chemical Society 131(30):10516-10524. 
• Hess NJ, GK Schenter, MR Hartman, LL Daemen, TE Proffen, SM Kathmann, CJ Mundy, MA Hartl, DJ Heldebrant, AC Stowe, and T Autrey. 2009. "Neutron Powder Diffraction and Molecular Simulation Study of the Structural Evolution of Ammonia Borane from 15 to 340 K." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 113(9):5723-5735.  doi:10.1021/jp900839c
• Kathmann SM, VM Parvanov, GK Schenter, AC Stowe, LL Daemen, MA Hartl, JC Linehan, NJ Hess, AJ Karkamkar, and T Autrey. 2009. "Experimental and Computational Studies on Collective Hydrogen Dynamics in Ammonia Borane: Incoherent Inelastic Neutron Scattering." Journal of Chemical Physics 130(2):article no. 024507.  doi:10.1063/1.3042270
• Neiner D, AJ Karkamkar, JC Linehan, BW Arey, T Autrey, and SM Kauzlarich. 2009. "Promotion of Hydrogen Release from Ammonia Borane with Mechanically Activated Hexagonal Boron Nitride." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113(3):1098-1103.  doi:10.1021/jp8087385
• Paolone A, O Palumbo, P Rispoli, R Cantelli, and T Autrey. 2009. "Hydrogen dynamics and characterization of the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic phase transformation in ammonia borane." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113(14):5872-5878. 
• Paolone A, O Palumbo, P Rispoli, R Cantelli, T Autrey, and AJ Karkamkar. 2009. "Absence of the structural phase transition in ammonia borane dispersed in mesoporous silica: evidence of novel thermodynamic properties ." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113(24):10319-10321. 
• Wang LQ, AJ Karkamkar, T Autrey, and GJ Exarhos. 2009. "Hyperpolarized Xe-129 NMR Investigation of Ammonia Borane in Mesoporous Silica ." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113(16):6485-6490. 

2008

• Heldebrant DJ, AJ Karkamkar, JC Linehan, and T Autrey. 2008. "Synthesis of Ammonia Borane for Hydrogen Storage Applications." Energy & Environmental Science 1(1):156-160. 
• Heldebrant DJ, AJ Karkamkar, NJ Hess, ME Bowden, SD Rassat, F Zheng, KG Rappe, and T Autrey. 2008. "The Effects of Chemical Additives on the Induction Phase in Solid-State Thermal Decomposition of Ammonia Borane." Chemistry of Materials 20(16):5332-5336.  doi:10.1021/cm801253u
• Parvanov VM, GK Schenter, NJ Hess, LL Daemen, MA Hartl, AC Stowe, DM Camaioni, and T Autrey. 2008. "Materials for Hydrogen Storage: Structure and Dynamics of Borane Ammonia Complex." Dalton Transactions (33):4514-4522.  doi:10.1039/b718138h
• Cho HM, WJ Shaw, VM Parvanov, GK Schenter, AJ Karkamkar, NJ Hess, CJ Mundy, SM Kathmann, JA Sears, AS Lipton, PD Ellis, and T Autrey. 2008. "Molecular Structure and Dynamics in the Low Temperature (Orthorhombic) Phase of NH3BH3." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 112(18):4277-4283.  doi:10.1021/jp711696
• Dietrich BL, KI Goldberg, DM Heinekey, T Autrey, and JC Linehan. 2008. "Iridium Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Substituted Amine Boranes: Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Implications for Hydrogen Storage." Inorganic Chemistry 47(19):8583-8585.  doi:10.1021/ic801161g
• Hess NJ, ME Bowden, VM Parvanov, CJ Mundy, SM Kathmann, GK Schenter, and T Autrey. 2008. "Spectroscopic Studies of the Phase Transition in Ammonia Borane: Raman spectroscopy of single crystal NH3BH3 as a function of temperature from 88 to 330 K." Journal of Chemical Physics 128(3):Art. No. 034508.  doi:10.1063/1.2820768
• Hess NJ, MR Hartman, C Brown, E Mamontov, AJ Karkamkar, DJ Heldebrant, LL Daemen, and T Autrey. 2008. "Quasielastic neutron scattering of -NH3 and -BH3 rotational dynamics in orthorhombic ammonia borane." Chemical Physics Letters 459(1-6):85-88.  doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2008.04.130
• Shaw WJ, JC Linehan, NK Szymczak, DJ Heldebrant, CR Yonker, DM Camaioni, RT Baker, and T Autrey. 2008. "In Situ Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopic Studies of the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonia Borane in Solution." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47(39):7493-7496.  doi:10.1002/anie.200802100
• Xiong Z, CK Yong, G Wu, P Chen, WJ Shaw, AJ Karkamkar, T Autrey, MO Jones, S Johnson, P Edwards, and B David. 2008. "High-capacity hydrogen storage in lithium and sodium amidoboranes." Nature Materials 7(2):138-141.  doi:10.1038/nmat2081
• Xiong Z, YS Chua, G Wu, WL Xu, P Chen, WJ Shaw, AJ Karkamkar, JC Linehan, TD Smurthwaite, and T Autrey. 2008. "Interaction of Lithium Hydride and Ammonia Borane in THF ." Chemical Communications 43:5595-5597.  doi:10.1039/b812576g
• Zheng F, SD Rassat, DJ Heldebrant, DD Caldwell, CL Aardahl, T Autrey, JC Linehan, and KG Rappe. 2008. "Automated gas burette system for evolved hydrogen measurements." Review of Scientific Instruments 79(8):Article no: 084103.  doi:10.1063/1.2968715

2007

• Karkamkar AJ, CL Aardahl, and T Autrey. 2007. "Recent Developments on Hydrogen Release from Ammonia Borane." Material Matters 2(2):6-9. 
• Feaver AM, S Sepehri, PJ Shamberger, AC Stowe, T Autrey, and G Cao. 2007. "Coherent Carbon Cryogel-Ammonia Borane Nanocomposites for Improved Hydrogen Storage." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111(26):7469-7472.  doi:10.1021/jp072448t
• Fulton JL, JC Linehan, T Autrey, M Balasubramanian, Y Chen, and NK Szymczak. 2007. "When is a Nanoparticle a Cluster? An Operando EXAFS Study of Amine Borane Dehydrocoupling by Rh4-6 Clusters." Journal of the American Chemical Society 129(39):11936-11949.  doi:10.1021/ja073331
• Gunaydin-Sen O, R Achey, NS Dalal, AC Stowe, and T Autrey. 2007. "High Resolution 15N NMR of the 225 K Phase Transition of Ammonia Borane (NH3BH3): Mixed Order-Disorder and Displacive Behavior." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111(4):677-681.  doi:10.1021/jp0649347
• Matus MH, K Anderson, DM Camaioni, T Autrey, and DA Dixon. 2007. "Reliable Predictions of the Thermochemistry of Boron-Nitrogen Hydrogen Storage Compounds: BxNxHy, x=2,3 ." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111(20):4411-4421.  doi:10.1021/jp070931y
• Sepehri S, AM Feaver, WJ Shaw, CJ Howard, Q Zhang, T Autrey, and G Cao. 2007. "Spectroscopic Studies of Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane in Carbon Cryogel." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111(51):14285-14289.  doi:10.1021/jp077057t
• Stowe AC, WJ Shaw, JC Linehan, B Schmid, and T Autrey. 2007. "In situ solid state B-11 MAS-NMR studies of the thermal decomposition of ammonia borane: mechanistic studies of the hydrogen release pathways from a solid state hydrogen storage material." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP 9(15):1831-1836.  doi:10.1039/b617781f

2006

• Gutowski MS, and T Autrey. 2006. "Hydrogen Gets Onboard." Chemistry World (March 2006):, doi:www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2006/March
• Brown C, T Jacques, NJ Hess, LL Daemen, E Mamontov, JC Linehan, AC Stowe, and T Autrey. 2006. "Dynamics of Ammonia Borane Using Neutron Scattering." Physica B Condensed Matter 385(Pt.1 ):266-268. 

2005

• Chen Y, JL Fulton, JC Linehan, and T Autrey. 2005. "In-situ XAFS and NMR Study of Rhodium Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Dimethylamine Borane. ." Journal of the American Chemical Society 127(10):3254-3255.  doi:10.1021/ja0437050
• Gutowska A, L Li, Y Shin, CM Wang, XS Li, JC Linehan, RS Smith, BD Kay, BA Schmid, WJ Shaw, MS Gutowski, and T Autrey. 2005. "Nano-Scaffold Mediates Hydrogen Release and Reactivity of Ammonia Borane." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 44(23):3578-3582. 

2004

• Autrey T, AK Brown, DM Camaioni, M Dupuis, NS Foster, and AD Getty. 2004. "Thermochemistry of Aqueous Hydroxyl Radical from Advances in Photoacoustic Calorimetry and ab Initio Continum Solvation Theory." Journal of the American Chemical Society 126(12):3680-3681. 
• Franz JA, WJ Shaw, CN Lamb, T Autrey, DS Kolwaite, DM Camaioni, and MS Alnajjar. 2004. "Absolute Rate Constants for Reactions of Tributylstannyl Radicals with Bromoalkanes, Episulfides, and alpha-Halomethyl-Episulfides, -Cyclopropanes, and -Oxiranes: New Rate Expressions for Sulfur and Bromine Atom Abstraction." Journal of Organic Chemistry 69(4):1020-1027. 
• Shaw WJ, P Kandandarachchi, JA Franz, and T Autrey. 2004. "Spectroscopic Studies of Tributylstannyl Radical. Rates of Formation, Termination and Abstraction Determined by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy." Organometallics 23(9):2080-2086. 

2003

• Autrey T, SV Egerev, NS Foster, A Fokin, and O Ovchinnikov. 2003. "Counting Particles by Means of Optoacoustics: Potential Limits in Real Solutions." Review of Scientific Instruments 74(1, part 2):628-631. 
• Pritchina EA, N Gritsan, A Maltsev, T Bally, T Autrey, Y Liu, Y Wang, and JP Toscano. 2003. "Matrix isolation, time-resolved IR, and computational study of the photochemistry of benzoyl azide." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP 5(6):1010-1018. 

2002

• Kandanarachchi PH, T Autrey, and JA Franz. 2002. "Model Compound Studies of the Beta-O-4 Linkage in Lignin: Absolute Rate Expressions for Beta-Scission of Phenoxyl Radical from 1-Phenyl-2-phenoxyethanol-1-yl Radical." Journal of Organic Chemistry 67(23):7937-7945. 

2001

• Autrey T, NS Foster, DF Hopkins, and JM Price. 2001. "Tunable Ultraviolet Visible Photoacoustic Detection - Analysis of the Sensitivity and Selectivity Provided by a Xenon Flash Lamp." Analytica Chimica Acta 434(2):217-222. 
• Linehan JC, CR Yonker, RS Addleman, T Autrey, JT Bays, TE Bitterwolf, and JL Daschbach. 2001. "Solvent Study of the Kinetics of Molybdenum Radical Self-Termination." Organometallics 20(3):401-407. 
• Autrey T, DM Camaioni, PH Kandanarachchi, and JA Franz. 2001. "Comparison of Diffusion Coefficients of Aryl Carbonyls and Aryl Alcohols in Hydroxylic Solvents. Evidence that the Diffusion of Ketyl Radicals in Hydrogen-Bonding Solvents is Not Anomalous?" Journal of Physical Chemistry A 105(24):5948-5953. 
• Foster NS, JE Amonette, T Autrey, and JT Ho. 2001. "Detection of Trace Levels of Water in Oil by Photoacoustic Spectroscopy." Sensors and Actuators. B, Chemical 77(3):620-624. 

2000

• Franz JA, DM Camaioni, T Autrey, JC Linehan, and MS Alnajjar. 2000. "Measurement of Select Radical Processes in Hydrocarbon Pyrolysis." Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 54(1-2):37-64. 
• Small JR, NS Foster, JE Amonette, and T Autrey. 2000. "Listening to Colloidal Silica Samples: Simultaneous Measurement of Absorbed and Scattered Light Using Pulsed-Laser Photoacoustics." Applied Spectroscopy 54(8):1142-1150. 

1999

• Autrey T, NS Foster, and KD Klepzig. 1999. "Nanojoules, Nanoliters and Nanosecond Calorimetry." Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. A, Chemistry 125(1-3):13-19. 
• Linehan JC, CR Yonker, JT Bays, T Autrey, TE Bitterwolf, and S Gallagher. 1999. "A Kinetic Study of the Thermal Loss of Ethylene from CpNb(CO)(3)(eta(2)-C2H4) in Supercritical Fluid Solvents." Journal of the American Chemical Society 120(23):5826-5827. 
• Autrey T, JC Linehan, LE Kaune, TR Powers, EF Mcmillan, CJ Stearns, and JA Franz. 1999. "FeS Assisted Scission of Strong Bonds in Phenoxydiphenylmethanes. Competition between Hydrogen Atom Transfer and Free Radical Rearrangement Pathways." Energy and Fuels 13(4):927-933. 
• Foster NS, T Autrey, JE Amonette, JR Small, and EW Small. 1999. "Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy: A Versatile Absorption-Spectroscopic Technique." American Laboratory 31(4):96S-108S. 
• Foster NS, JE Amonette, and T Autrey. 1999. "In-situ Detection of Chromate Using Photoacoustic Spectroscopy." Applied Spectroscopy 53(6):735-740. 
• Luey JK, JG Darab, T Autrey, JD Vienna, and HL Wigent. 1999. Characterization of Offgas Generated During Calcination of Incinerator Ash Surrogates. PNNL-11982, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.