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Abhijeet Karkamkar

Catalysis Science
Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: K2-57
Richland, WA 99352
509/372-4973

PNNL Publications

2013

  • Karkamkar AJ, K Parab, DM Camaioni, D Neiner, HM Cho, TK Nielsen, and T Autrey. 2013. "A Thermodynamic and Kenetic Study of the Heterolytic Activation of Hydrogen by Frustrated Borane-Amine Lewis Pairs." Dalton Transactions 42(3):615-619.  doi:10.1039/c2dt31628e
  • Luo W, D Neiner, AJ Karkamkar, K Parab, EB Garner, DA Dixon, DW Matson, T Autrey, and SY Liu. 2013. "3-Methyl-1,2-BN-Cyclopentane: A Promising H2 Storage Material?" Dalton Transactions 42(3):611-614.  doi:10.1039/c2dt31617j
  • Nielsen TK, AJ Karkamkar, ME Bowden, F Besenbacher, TR Jensen, and T Autrey. 2013. "Methods to Stabilize and Destabilize Ammonium Borohydride." Dalton Transactions 42(3):680-687.  doi:10.1039/C2DT31591B

2012

  • Aijaz A, AJ Karkamkar, YJ Choi, N Tsumori, E Ronnebro, T Autrey, H Shioyama, and Q Xu. 2012. "Immobilizing Highly Catalytically Active Pt Nanoparticles inside the Pores of Metal-Organic Framework: A Double Solvents Approach ." Journal of the American Chemical Society 134(34):13926-13929.  doi:10.1021/ja3043905

2011

  • Autrey T, ME Bowden, and AJ Karkamkar. 2011. "Control of hydrogen release and uptake in amine borane molecular complexes: Thermodynamics of ammonia borane, ammonium borohydride, and the diammoniate of diborane." Faraday Discussions 151(0):157-169.  doi:10.1039/C0FD00015A
  • Chong M, AJ Karkamkar, T Autrey, S Orimo, S Jalisatgi, and CM Jensen. 2011. "Reversible Dehydrogenation of Magnesium Borohydride to Magnesium Triborane in the Solid State Under Moderate Conditions." Chemical Communications 47(4):1330-1332.  doi:10.1039/C0CC03461D
  • Liu W, Y Rao, H Wan, AJ Karkamkar, J Liu, and LQ Wang. 2011. "Bubbling Reactor Technology for Rapid Synthesis of Uniform, Small MFI-Type Zeolite Crystals ." Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 50(12):7241-7250.  doi:10.1021/ie102069z
  • Neiner D, AJ Karkamkar, M Bowden, YJ Choi, AT Luedtke, JD Holladay, AM Fisher, N Szymczak, and T Autrey. 2011. "Kinetic and Thermodynamic Investigation of Hydrogen Release from Ethane 1,2-di-amineborane." Energy & Environmental Science 4(10):4187-4193.  doi:10.1039/C1EE01884A
  • Nurmi J, V Sarathy, PG Tratnyek, DR Baer, JE Amonette, and AJ Karkamkar. 2011. "Recovery of Iron/Iron Oxide Nanoparticles from Solution: Comparison of Methods and their Effects." Journal of Nanoparticle Research 13(5):1937-1952.  doi:10.1007/s11051-010-9946-x

2010

  • Bowden ME, DJ Heldebrant, AJ Karkamkar, TE Proffen, GK Schenter, and T Autrey. 2010. "The diammoniate of diborane: Crystal structure and hydrogen release." Chemical Communications 46(45):8564-8566.  doi:10.1039/C0CC03249B
  • Chua YS, G Wu, Z Xiong, AJ Karkamkar, J Guo, M Jian, MW Wong, T Autrey, and P Chen. 2010. "Synthesis, Structure and Dehydrogenation of Magnesium Amidoborane Monoammoniate." Chemical Communications 46(31):5752-5754. 
  • Kim HJ, AJ Karkamkar, T Autrey, P Chupas, and TE Proffen. 2010. "Storing Hydrogen." In APs Science 2009, ANL-10/06, pp. 48-49.  Argonnen National Laboratory, Argonne, IL. 
  • Neiner D, AT Luedtke, AJ Karkamkar, WJ Shaw, J Wang, N Browning, T Autrey, and SM Kauzlarich. 2010. "Decomposition Pathway of Ammonia Borane on the Surface of nano-BN." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114(32):13935-13941. 
  • Shaw WJ, ME Bowden, AJ Karkamkar, CJ Howard, DJ Heldebrant, NJ Hess, JC Linehan, and T Autrey. 2010. "Characterization of a New Phase of Ammonia Borane." Energy & Environmental Science 3(6):796-804. 

2009

  • Karkamkar AJ, SM Kathmann, GK Schenter, DJ Heldebrant, NJ Hess, MS Gutowski, and T Autrey. 2009. "Thermodynamic and Structural Investigations of Ammonium Borohydride, a Solid with a Highest Content of Thermodynamically and Kinetically Accessible Hydrogen." Chemistry of Materials 21(19):4356-4358.  doi:10.1021/cm902385c
  • 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
  • Kim HJ, AJ Karkamkar, T Autrey, P Chupas, and TE Proffen. 2009. "Determination of structure and phase transition of light element nanocomposites in mesoporous silica: case study of NH3BH3 in MCM-41." Journal of the American Chemical Society 131(38):13749-13755. 
  • 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, 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, JC Linehan, and T Autrey. 2008. "Synthesis of Ammonia Borane for Hydrogen Storage Applications." Energy & Environmental Science 1(1):156-160.  doi:10.1039/b808865a
  • 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
  • Cho HM, WJ Shaw, VM Parvanov, GK Schenter, AJ Karkamkar, NJ Hess, CJ Mundy, SM Kathmann, JA Sears, Jr, 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. 
  • 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
  • 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

2007

  • Karkamkar AJ, CL Aardahl, and T Autrey. 2007. "Recent Developments on Hydrogen Release from Ammonia Borane." Material Matters 2(2):6-9. 

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