| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S72665/01 |
| Title: |
INTERACT Japan: Establishing Links with Japanese Centres of Excellence in Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Research |
| Principal Investigator: |
Harris, Professor IR |
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| Department: |
Metallurgy and Materials |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Overseas Travel Grants Pre-FEC |
| Starts: |
03 June 2004 |
Ends: |
02 January 2005 |
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2,522
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| Materials Characterisation |
Materials Processing |
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Hydrogen is widely regarded as the most promising alternative to carbon-based fuels: it can be produced from a variety of renewable resources, and - when coupled with fuel cells - offers near-zero emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases. However, many technical challenges still remain, of which the most urgent is how to effectively store hydrogen. Therefore, the development of a viable solid-state storage material would lead to a step-change in the transition to aHydrogen Economy.Through Japanese research programmes such as WE-NET and the New Protium Function in Materials, a number of laboratories have emerged as international centres of excellence in this field of research. This research visit to four of these laboratories (one in Hiroshima University, one in AIST-Tsukuba, and two in Tohoku University), would examine a number of new processing and characterization techniques for solid-state storage materials, that are especially relevant to research programmes now commencing in the University of Birmingham, and to other UK universities (in the EPSRC SUPERGEN Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium).
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