Liquid CBN (carbon-boron-nitrogen) hydrogen-storage materials such as 3-methyl-1,2-BN-cyclopentane have the advantage of being easily accessible for use in current liquid-fuel infrastructure. To develop practical liquid CBN hydrogen-storage materials, it is of great importance to understand the reaction pathways of hydrogenation/dehydrogenation in the liquid phase, which are difficult to discov...

Knowledge about the ground-state crystal structure is a prerequisite for the rational understanding of solid-state properties of new materials. To act as an efficient energy carrier, hydrogen should be absorbed and desorbed in materials easily and in high quantities. Owing to the complexity in structural arrangements and difficulties involved in establishing hydrogen positions by x-ray diffract...

0079-6425/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Lt http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2012.07.001 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +33 1 49 78 12 25 E-mail address: [email protected] (F. Cueva New synthesis methods are of utmost importance for most materials science research fields. The present review focuses on mechanochemical synthesis methods for solid hydrogen storage. We anticipate that the ge...

Recent developments focusing on novel hydrogen storage media have helped to benchmark nanostructured carbon materials as one of the ongoing strategic research areas in science and technology. In particular, certain microporous carbon powders, carbon nanomaterials, and specifically carbon nanotubes stand to deliver unparalleled performance as the next generation of base materials for storing hyd...