A multifaceted approach to hydrogen storage

Andrew J. Churchard; Ewa Banach; Andreas Borgschulte; Riccarda Caputo; Jian-Cheng Chen; David Clary; Karol J. Fijalkowski; Hans Geerlings; Radostina V. Genova; Wojciech Grochala; Tomasz Jaroń; Juan Carlos Juanes-Marcos; Bengt Kasemo; Geert-Jan Kroes; Ivan Ljubić; Nicola Naujoks; Jens K. Nørskov; Roar A. Olsen; Flavio Pendolino; Arndt Remhof; Loránd Románszki; Adem Tekin; Tejs Vegge; Michael Zäch; Andreas Züttel

doi:10.1039/C1CP22312G

A multifaceted approach to hydrogen storage†

Andrew J. Churchard,*^a Ewa Banach,^b Andreas Borgschulte,^c Riccarda Caputo,^cd Jian-Cheng Chen,^e David Clary,^f Karol J. Fijalkowski,^g Hans Geerlings,^bh Radostina V. Genova,^a Wojciech Grochala,^ag Tomasz Jaroń,^g Juan Carlos Juanes-Marcos,^e Bengt Kasemo,ⁱ Geert-Jan Kroes,^e Ivan Ljubić,^fj Nicola Naujoks,ⁱ Jens K. Nørskov,^kl Roar A. Olsen,^e Flavio Pendolino,^c Arndt Remhof,^c Loránd Románszki,ⁱ Adem Tekin,^mn Tejs Vegge,^m Michael Zächⁱ and Andreas Züttel^c

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^a Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, The University of Warsaw, Pawińskiego 5a, 02106 Warsaw, Poland
E-mail: achurch@icm.edu.pl

^b Shell Global Solutions International B.V., Grasweg 31, 1031 HW Amsterdam, The Netherlands

^c Empa, Materials Science and Technology, Hydrogen and Energy, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland

^d ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

^e Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

^f Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK

^g Faculty of Chemistry, The University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02093 Warsaw, Poland

^h Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 5045, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands

ⁱ Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Applied Physics, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden

^j Department of Physical Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, P.O. Box 180, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia

^k SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, MenloPark, USA

^l Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

^m Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy and Center for Atomic-scale Materials Design (CAMD), Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

ⁿ Informatics Institute, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

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.

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