Nanomaterials for Solid State Hydrogen Storage

• Main Authors: Varin, Robert A. (Author), Czujko, Tomasz. (Author), Wronski, Zbigniew S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Energy,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Nanotechnology.; Materials.; Surfaces (Physics).; Renewable and Green Energy.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Metallic Materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Energy Storage.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77712-2

Over the past decade, important advances have been made in the development of nanostructured materials for solid state hydrogen storage. The stored hydrogen will be used in fuel cells for generation of electricity in a clean, inexpensive, safe and efficient manner. Nanomaterials for Solid State Hydr...

Table of Contents:

• INTRODUCTION. Motivation: The Hydrogen Economy. Brief, synchronic history of development of hydrides and nanomaterials. Nanoprocessing in solid-state in high energy ball mills. Important hydride properties and experimental techniques
• SIMPLE METAL AND INTERMETALLIC HYDRIDES. Mg/MgH2. Mg/MgH2 with catalytic additives. Other metal hydrides containing Mg. AlH3. Other metal and intermetallic-based hydrides-new developments
• COMPLEX HYDRIDES. Ternary transition metal complex hydrides. Alanates. Amides. Metal borohydrides. Destabilization of high desorption temperature hydrides by (nano)compositing
• CARBONS AND NANOCARBONS. Diamond and nanodiamonds. Graphene, ordered graphite and nanographites. Disordered and active carbons. Highly-ordered fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and other nanoshapes.