One of the problems with rolling out hydrogen cars and a fueling infrastructure in the short term is coming up with cheap, lightweight and low pressure hydrogen fuel storage tanks. The hydrogen fuel tanks that are available now are either heavy and expensive such as metal hydride tanks or they are under high pressure from • Read More »
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Metallacarboranes Store Hydrogen Fuel at Higher Levels than DOE Targets
October 1, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Storage, Hydrogen Fuel Tanks.In the past I’ve talked about MOF structures (Metal Organic Frameworks) being developed to store hydrogen fuel. These structures discovered by scientists at Northwestern University use a framework of nickel, zinc, copper or cobalt plus sugar and salt to bind hydrogen inside its porous structure. Now, researchers at Rice University have a different take on • Read More »
MOF Structure Made of Metal Salt Sugar Everclear to Store H2
September 3, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Storage, Hydrogen Fuel Tanks.An accidental discovery by researchers at Northwestern University has led to an MOF (metal-organic framework) that is natural, biodegradable and even edible plus it stores hydrogen. In case you didn’t catch the title, one of the ingredients is Everclear which is a very high proof alcohol (which I once sipped as a teenager). The other • Read More »
Porous Scandium Could Be Next Hydrogen Storage Material
November 2, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Porous Scandium Could Be Next Hydrogen Storage Material | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Storage, Hydrogen Fuel Tanks.The goal of the U. S. Department of Energy and the manufacturers of hydrogen fuel tanks and other storage vessels have been to find a material that bonds with H2 that is lightweight and that can be used at ambient temperature and pressures. The problem with hydrogen atoms bonding with other elements is that either • Read More »