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Recent Progress in Metal Borohydrides for Hydrogen Storage

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  • Hai-Wen Li

    (Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan)

  • Yigang Yan

    (Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan)

  • Shin-ichi Orimo

    (Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan)

  • Andreas Züttel

    (Department of the Environment, Energy and Mobility (EMPA), Abt. 138 “Hydrogen & Energy”, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

  • Craig M. Jensen

    (Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA)

Abstract

The prerequisite for widespread use of hydrogen as an energy carrier is the development of new materials that can safely store it at high gravimetric and volumetric densities. Metal borohydrides M (BH 4 ) n ( n is the valence of metal M ), in particular, have high hydrogen density, and are therefore regarded as one such potential hydrogen storage material. For fuel cell vehicles, the goal for on-board storage systems is to achieve reversible store at high density but moderate temperature and hydrogen pressure. To this end, a large amount of effort has been devoted to improvements in their thermodynamic and kinetic aspects. This review provides an overview of recent research activity on various M (BH 4 ) n , with a focus on the fundamental dehydrogenation and rehydrogenation properties and on providing guidance for material design in terms of tailoring thermodynamics and promoting kinetics for hydrogen storage.

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  • Hai-Wen Li & Yigang Yan & Shin-ichi Orimo & Andreas Züttel & Craig M. Jensen, 2011. "Recent Progress in Metal Borohydrides for Hydrogen Storage," Energies, MDPI, vol. 4(1), pages 1-30, January.
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    1. Matsunaga, T. & Buchter, F. & Miwa, K. & Towata, S. & Orimo, S. & Züttel, A., 2008. "Magnesium borohydride: A new hydrogen storage material," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 193-196.
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