Faraday Discussion 151: Hydrogen Storage Materials

Topics: Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Science, Physical Chemistry, Keywords: see below

Date: /18/19/20/ April 2011, Oxon, United Kingdom, Europe

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Hydrogen is widely billed as the fuel of the future. For this to be a reality there is a pressing need for a safe, economic and reliable way to transport hydrogen, particularly for automotive applications. This has prompted a world-wide effort to develop novel materials that are re-usable and capable of storing and releasing significant (> 6 wt%) quantities of hydrogen.

Topics

• Application of theory and spectroscopic methods to understand hydrogenation/dehydrogenation mechanisms 
• Novel approaches such as catalysed hydrogenation/dehydrogenation of organic molecules, encapsulation of nanosized materials in carbon or polymers 
• Chemical hydrogen: characterisation and properties of main group and transition metal borohydrides and alanates, ternary and quaternary metal hydrides, reactive hydride composites 
• Adsorbed/physisorbed hydrogen on or in MOFs, promoted carbons and other materials with large internal or external surface area 
• Applications including uses for automotives and novel battery materials