title: Hydrogen Storage Materials for Mobile and Stationary Applications: Current State of the Art.
abstract: One of the limitations to the widespread use of hydrogen as an energy carrier is its storage in a safe and compact form. Herein, recent developments in effective high-capacity hydrogen storage materials are reviewed, with a special emphasis on light compounds, including those based on organic porous structures, boron, nitrogen, and aluminum. These elements and their related compounds hold the promise of high, reversible, and practical hydrogen storage capacity for mobile applications, including vehicles and portable power equipment, but also for the large scale and distributed storage of energy for stationary applications. Current understanding of the fundamental principles that govern the interaction of hydrogen with these light compounds is summarized, as well as basic strategies to meet practical targets of hydrogen uptake and release. The limitation of these strategies and current understanding is also discussed and new directions proposed.
authors.affiliation: MERLin Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052 (Australia), Fax: (+61) 02-938-55966.
authors.forename: Qiwen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000 (Denmark).|Department of Physics, Astronomy and Medical Radiation Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley WA 6102 (Australia).
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paskevicius
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Astronomy and Medical Radiation Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley WA 6102 (Australia).
authors.forename: Drew A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Astronomy and Medical Radiation Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley WA 6102 (Australia).
authors.forename: Craig E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.affiliation: CSIRO, Private Bag 10, Clayton South MDC, VIC 3169 (Australia).
authors.forename: Aaron W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.affiliation: CSIRO, Private Bag 10, Clayton South MDC, VIC 3169 (Australia).
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, VIC 3168 (Australia).
authors.forename: Qinfen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, NSW 2500 (Australia).
authors.forename: Jianfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, NSW 2500 (Australia).
authors.forename: Zhenguo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, NSW 2500 (Australia).
authors.forename: Hua Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, NSW 2500 (Australia).
authors.forename: Zaiping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Condensed Matter Theory Group, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 75120 Uppsala (Sweden).
authors.forename: Amitava
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Condensed Matter Theory Group, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 75120 Uppsala (Sweden).
authors.forename: Sudip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.affiliation: Condensed Matter Theory Group, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 75120 Uppsala (Sweden).
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahuja
authors.affiliation: MERLin Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052 (Australia), Fax: (+61) 02-938-55966. f.aguey@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Kondo-Francois
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Aguey-Zinsou
mesh_terms: D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013816:Thermodynamics
keywords: energy storage; hydrogen; metal-organic frameworks; microporous materials; nanostructures