Non-explosive Hydrogen Storage
Monday, March 10, 2008
"One promising approach [to safely store hydrogen] is to chemically combine it with another element to form a solid which can later be broken down again. This can store a very high density of hydrogen in a relatively small volume. However, the hydrogen's release has to be carefully controlled when the compound is broken down or an explosion could occur. Now Zhigang Fak, a chemist at the University of Utah, and colleagues say they have found a way to control the release of hydrogen by these breakdown reactions. They store hydrogen by reacting it with lithium to form lithium hydride and lithium hydroxide, and can later controllably release the gas using various catalysts such as platinum." More
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