A multifaceted approach to hydrogen storage
Journal article, 2011
The widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier could bring significant benefits, but only if a number of currently intractable problems can be overcome. Not the least of these is the problem of storage, particularly when aimed at use onboard light-vehicles. The aim of this overview is to look in depth at a number of areas linked by the recently concluded HYDROGEN research network, representing an intentionally multi-faceted selection with the goal of advancing the field on a number of fronts simultaneously. For the general reader we provide a concise outline of the main approaches to storing hydrogen before moving on to detailed reviews of recent research in the solid chemical storage of hydrogen, and so provide an entry point for the interested reader on these diverse topics. The subjects covered include: the mechanisms of Ti catalysis in alanates; the kinetics of the borohydrides and the resulting limitations; novel transition metal catalysts for use with complex hydrides; less common borohydrides; protic-hydridic stores; metal ammines and novel approaches to nano-confined metal hydrides.
generalized gradient approximation
thermal-decomposition
crystal microbalance
reorientational motion
density-functional theory
sodium aluminum-hydride
imidazolate frameworks
metal borohydrides
cox-free hydrogen
clathrate hydrate
quartz
Author
A. J. Churchard
University of Warsaw
E. Banach
Royal Dutch Shell
A. Borgschulte
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)
R. Caputo
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)
J. C. Chen
Gorlaeus Laboratories
D. Clary
University of Oxford
K. J. Fijalkowski
University of Warsaw
H. Geerlings
Royal Dutch Shell
Delft University of Technology
R. V. Genova
University of Warsaw
W. Grochala
University of Warsaw
T. Jaron
University of Warsaw
J. C. Juanes-Marcos
Gorlaeus Laboratories
Bengt Herbert Kasemo
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Chemical Physics
G. J. Kroes
Gorlaeus Laboratories
I. Ljubic
Ruder Boskovic Institute
University of Oxford
Nicola Naujoks
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Chemical Physics
J. K. Norskov
Stanford University
R. A. Olsen
Gorlaeus Laboratories
F. Pendolino
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)
A. Remhof
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)
Lorand Romanszki
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Chemical Physics
A. Tekin
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ)
T. Vegge
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Michael Zäch
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Chemical Physics
A. Zuttel
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
1463-9076 (ISSN) 1463-9084 (eISSN)
Vol. 13 38 16955-16972Subject Categories
Chemical Sciences
DOI
10.1039/c1cp22312g