Scottish Scientists Working on H2 Storage Tanks for Future Airplanes

Researchers at the University of Glasgow are working with two companies, EADS and Hydrogen Horizons, using nanotechnology to alter hydrogen storage tanks for use in future airplanes. The researchers will be using a Hydrogen Horizons Hydrisafe tank and altering the materials used in it on a nanoscale to see if they can squeeze more H2 […]

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Metallacarboranes Store Hydrogen Fuel at Higher Levels than DOE Targets

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 […]

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MOF Structure Made of Metal Salt Sugar Everclear to Store H2

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 […]

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Glass Fibers to Store Hydrogen Fuel for Cars

I find this story interesting for both the technological perspective and the political perspective. Let’s get the political perspective out of the way first. This is an article that has been circulated by the Associated Press. It was picked up and published by Iran’s Tehran Times online newspaper. The article itself is about how a […]

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Magnesium Nanoparticles to Store Hydrogen

Here is a story that has gone largely under-reported by the mainstream media over the weekend, but an important one nonetheless. Researchers at the Curtin University of Technology in Sydney, Australia have created tiny magnesium nanoparticles to store hydrogen. Magnesium is cheap and it easily bonds with hydrogen. The only problem is that the bond […]

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