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Hydrogen-storage materials for mobile applications

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  • Louis Schlapbach

    (EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Research and Testing
    University of Fribourg)

  • Andreas Züttel

    (University of Fribourg)

Abstract

Mobility — the transport of people and goods — is a socioeconomic reality that will surely increase in the coming years. It should be safe, economic and reasonably clean. Little energy needs to be expended to overcome potential energy changes, but a great deal is lost through friction (for cars about 10 kWh per 100 km) and low-efficiency energy conversion. Vehicles can be run either by connecting them to a continuous supply of energy or by storing energy on board. Hydrogen would be ideal as a synthetic fuel because it is lightweight, highly abundant and its oxidation product (water) is environmentally benign, but storage remains a problem. Here we present recent developments in the search for innovative materials with high hydrogen-storage capacity.

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  • Louis Schlapbach & Andreas Züttel, 2001. "Hydrogen-storage materials for mobile applications," Nature, Nature, vol. 414(6861), pages 353-358, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:414:y:2001:i:6861:d:10.1038_35104634
    DOI: 10.1038/35104634
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