| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R50721/01 |
| Title: |
Enhancing the Hydrogen Storage Capacity of Carbon Nanofibres |
| Principal Investigator: |
Walker, Professor GS |
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| Department: |
Sch of Mech Materials Manuf Eng Mgt |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 December 2001 |
Ends: |
30 November 2004 |
Value (£): |
234,520
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| Materials Processing |
Sustainable Energy Vectors |
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Carbon nanofibres (CNFs) have shown promise as a hydrogen storage media for clean energy technologies like fuel cells. Measured storage capacities for CNFs fall short of what is theoretically possible and a major factor for this is the CNF surface species. The aim of the proposed project is to modify the surface of CNFs in order to enhance the hydrogen storage capacity for these materials. The project will be concerned with the synthesis of targeted CNFs (using standard preparations), the surface modification of these CNFs surface characterization, hydrogen storage measurements, and the correlation of hydrogen storage capacity with the surface characteristics for the CNFs.The outcomes from this project will be increased storage capacities for targeted CNFs (up to 10 wt%), and a model for hydrogen adsorption on CNFs predicting the effect of critical processing parameters._2_
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |