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Complex hydrides for energy storage

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  • C. Milanese, University of Pavia
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  • T. R. Jensen
  • B. C. Hauback, Institute for Energy Technology
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  • C. Pistidda, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
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  • M. Dornheim, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
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  • H. Yang, Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy (LMER), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, EMPA
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  • L. Lombardo, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, EMPA
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  • A. Zuettel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, EMPA
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  • Y. Filinchuk, Universite Catholique de Louvain
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  • P. Ngene, Debye Institute
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  • P. E. de Jongh, Debye Institute
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  • C. E. Buckley, Curtin University
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  • E. M. Dematteis, Department of Chemistry and NIS, University of Turin
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  • M. Baricco, University of Turin

In the past decades, complex hydrides and complex hydrides-based materials have been thoroughly investigated as materials for energy storage, owing to their very high gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen capacities and interesting cation and hydrogen diffusion properties. Concerning hydrogen storage, the main limitations of this class of materials are the high working temperatures and pressures, the low hydrogen absorption and desorption rates and the poor cyclability. In the past years, research in this field has been focused on understanding the hydrogen release and uptake mechanism of the pristine and catalyzed materials and on the characterization of the thermodynamic aspects, in order to rationally choose the composition and the stoichiometry of the systems in terms of hydrogen active phases and catalysts/destabilizing agents. Moreover, new materials have been discovered and characterized in an attempt to find systems with properties suitable for practical on-board and stationary applications. A significant part of this rich and productive activity has been performed by the research groups led by the Experts of the International Energy Agreement Task 32, often in collaborative research projects. The most recent findings of these joint activities and other noteworthy recent results in the field are reported in this paper.

Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume44
Issue15
Pages (from-to)7860-7874
Number of pages15
ISSN0360-3199
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

    Research areas

  • Borohydrides, Complex hydrides, Energy storage, Hydrogen absorption, Nanoconfinement, Reactive hydrides composite

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