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EPSRC Reference: EP/F061919/1
Title: Designing Novel High Capacity Multicomponent Hydrides for Near-Ambient Solid State Hydrogen Stores
Principal Investigator: Walker, Professor GS
Other Investigators:
Grant, Professor DM
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Chinese Academy of Science Institute for Metals Research
Department: Sch of Mech Materials Manuf Eng Mgt
Organisation: University of Nottingham
Scheme: Standard Research
Starts: 01 January 2009 Ends: 30 June 2013 Value (£): 429,460
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Energy Storage Sustainable Energy Vectors
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Energy
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Panel History:
Panel DatePanel NameOutcome
25 Feb 2008 Collaborative Research With China Announced
Summary on Grant Application Form
There is a desperate need for a compact hydrogen storage solution if products like hydrogen cars and hydrogen fuel cell powered portable electronics such as laptops and mobile phones are to be realised. Without a compact hydrogen storage material for vehicle applications, there is unlikely to be any significant displacement in the use of fossil fuels for transportation. A major drawback to most high capacity solid state hydrogen storage materials is the high decomposition temperature needed to release the hydrogen. Multicomponent hydrides (e.g. mixing a complex hydride with a binary hydride) offers the only solution to maintain high storage capacities (>9wt.%) and tailor the thermodynamics of the system to give 1 bar equilibrium temperature <150oC. This project will design novel multicomponent systems employing material design strategies like dopant destabilisation, dehydrogenation catalysts and nanoporous containment to design and experimentally validate novel multicomponent hydride systems with high storage capacities, able to be cycled at temperatures below 150oC. The delivery of such a system will mark a step change in the performance of solid state hydrogen storage materials and will deliver a viable storage technology for a range of fuel cell applications.
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Project URL: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering-rg/materialsmechanicsandstructures/amrg/research/researchthemes/hydrogenstorage/hydrogenstoragematerials.aspx
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