Theoretical (thermodynamic) and experimental backgrounds are considered for developing a much simpler, more technological and effective method (in comparison with the known megabar compression dynamic and static methods) of producing a high-density solid molecular (“reversible”) hydrogen carrier by means of hydrogen intercalation (at the cost of the hydrogen association energy) in carbonaceous ...

Hydrogen-fluorine exchange in the NaBH4-NaBF4 system is investigated using a range of experimental methods combined with DFT calculations and a possible mechanism for the reactions is proposed. Fluorine substitution is observed using in situ synchrotron radiation powder X-ray diffraction (SR-PXD) as a new Rock salt type compound with idealized composition NaBF2H2 in the temperature range T = 20...

Nanoconfinement is a promising technique to improve the properties of nanomaterials such as the kinetics for hydrogen release and uptake and the stability during cycling. Here we present a systematic study of nanoconfined NaAlH4 in nanoporous scaffolds with increasing surface area and pore volume and almost constant pore sizes in the range of 8 to 11 nm. A resorcinol formaldehyde carbon aerogel...

■ This paper offers an overview of the technologies for hydrogen production. The technologies discussed are reforming of natural gas; gasification of coal and biomass; and the splitting of water by water-electrolysis, photo-electrolysis, photo-biological production and hightemperature decomposition. For all hydrogen production processes, there is a need for significant improvement in plant effi...

Whereas great strides have been taken towards the characterization of metal-based nanomaterials for high-speed, high capacity, reversible hydrogen storage applications, most mesoscopic approaches to date have relied on molecular dynamics (MD) as their chief representational and computational paradigm. However, the absorption and desorption of hydrogen in nanomaterials is characterized by an ato...

Hydrogen uptake was measured for platinum doped superactivated carbon at 296 K where hydrogen spillover was expected to occur. High pressure adsorption measurements using a Sieverts apparatus did not show an increase in gravimetric storage capacity over the unmodified superactivated carbon. Measurements of small samples (∼0.2 g) over long equilibration times, consistent with the reported proced...

It has recently been shown that Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD) techniques could be used to obtain nanostructured metal hydrides with enhanced hydrogen sorption properties. In this paper we review the different SPD techniques used on metal hydrides and present some specific cases of the effect of cold rolling on the hydrogen storage properties and crystal structure of various types of metal hy...

Graphene showed an unusually high hydrogen storage capacity as well as a unique, slow hydrogen adsorption process compared with a variety of carbon materials (carbon nanotubes, activated carbons, mesoporous carbons, templated carbons, and metal organic frameworks). Catalytic dissociation of hydrogen on graphene is observed for the first time. The hydrogen dissociation rate on graphene is also s...

The hydrogen storage properties of the pseudobinary intermetallic compounds Ml, -.Ca,Ni, (where Ml is La-rich mischmetal and x varies from 0 to 0.9) were investigated over the temperature range of 25-80°C It was found in experiment that with increasing x in Ml,_,Ca,Ni, the incubation time for its first hydrogenation shortened, the first hydrogen absorption rate accelerated, the hysteresis lower...