hydrogen storage – TechConnect Briefs

Graphene decorated metal nanoclusters as an effective novel catalyst for improving the hydrogen storage behaviour of MgH2

Sterlin Leo Hudson M., Ramesh A., Takahashi K., Central University of Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract: High volumetric and gravimetric hydrogen density in MgH2 motivates significant research attention over the recent years to make it as a viable hydrogen storage material for fuel cell applications. However, the high thermodynamic stability [...]

Molecular Hydrogen Storage in Fullerenes for Use on Board Fuel Cell Vehicles – A Density Functional Theory Study

Durbin D.J., Allan N.L., Malardier-Jugroot C., Royal Military College, CA

Hydrogen gas is a potential fuel to replace gasoline on board vehicles. However, viable storage methods must be developed. Carbon nanomaterials are promising because they are cheap, lightweight and abundant but carbon-hydrogen physisorption is weak [...]

Metal Organo-Clays as potential adsorbents for hydrogen storage

Azzouz A., Nousir S., Bouazizi N., Roy R., University of Quebec at Montreal, CA

Metal-Organo-Clays (MOC) are novel microporous matrices that can be synthesized via the in-situ formation of Cu, Fe or Pd nanoparticles in montmorillonite-supported polyol dendrimers. This is a new concept that has scarcely been tackled so [...]

Metal Organo-Clays as potential adsorbents for hydrogen storage

Azzouz A., Nousir S., Bouazizi N., Roy R., University of Quebec at Montreal, CA

Metal-Organo-Clays (MOC) are novel microporous matrices that can be synthesized via the in-situ formation of Cu, Fe or Pd nanoparticles in montmorillonite-supported polyol dendrimers. This is a new concept that has scarcely been tackled so [...]

Molecular Hydrogen Storage in Fullerenes for Use on Board Fuel Cell Vehicles – A Density Functional Theory Study

Durbin D.J., Allan N.L., Malardier-Jugroot C., Royal Military College, CA

Hydrogen gas is a potential fuel to replace gasoline on board vehicles. However, viable storage methods must be developed. Carbon nanomaterials are promising because they are cheap, lightweight and abundant but carbon-hydrogen physisorption is weak [...]

The Discovery and Optimisation of Solid State Nano-materials for Energy and Electronics Sectors using MBE based Methodologies

Hayden B., Ilika Technologies LLC, UK

A high-throughput thin film methodology based on combining molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) atomic sources which can be combined with a high intensity plasma atom source is described. Compositional gradients of both amorphous and crystalline materials [...]

NaBH4 in solidified aluminosilicate gel: a new hydrogen storage with interesting properties

Buhl J.-Ch., Schomborg L., Rüscher C.H., Leibniz University Hannover, DE

A new type of safe storage of NaBH4 of high fuel density providing an easy release of hydrogen is presented. NaBH4 exhibits a high gravimetric storage capacity (2.4 l H2/g). However, rapid hydrolysis reaction already [...]

The Discovery and Optimisation of Solid State Nano-materials for Energy and Electronics Sectors using MBE based Methodologies

Hayden B., Ilika Technologies LLC, UK

A high-throughput thin film methodology based on combining molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) atomic sources which can be combined with a high intensity plasma atom source is described. Compositional gradients of both amorphous and crystalline materials [...]

NaBH4 in solidified aluminosilicate gel: a new hydrogen storage with interesting properties

Buhl J.-Ch., Schomborg L., Rüscher C.H., Leibniz University Hannover, DE

A new type of safe storage of NaBH4 of high fuel density providing an easy release of hydrogen is presented. NaBH4 exhibits a high gravimetric storage capacity (2.4 l H2/g). However, rapid hydrolysis reaction already [...]

Synthesis of platelet carbon nanofibers by an injection CVD method and their applications in hydrogen storage

Wu H.C., Li Y.Y., National Chung Cheng University, TW

In this manuscript, there are some significant results summarized as follows: 1. The platelet graphite nanofiners (PGNFs)were continuously produced by a vertical chemical vapor deposition reactor. 2. A detailed study found that the sulfur concentration [...]