Hydrogen Storage Technologies

Mehmet Sankir received his PhD degree in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic and State University, USA in 2005. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey and group leader of Advanced Membrane Technologies Laboratory. Dr. Sankir has actively carried out research and consulting activities in the areas of membranes for fuel cells, flow batteries, hydrogen generation and desalination. Nurdan Demirci Sankir is an Associate Professor in the Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering Department at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology (TOBB ETU), Ankara, Turkey. She received her MEng and PhD degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic and State University, USA in 2005. She established the Energy Research and Solar Cell Laboratories at TOBB ETU. Nurdan has actively carried out research and consulting activities in the areas of photovoltaic devices, solution based thin film manufacturing, solar driven water splitting, photocatalytic degradation and nanostructured semiconductors.

• Preface xiiiPart I: Chemical and Electrochemical Hydrogen Storage 11 Metal Hydride Hydrogen Compression Systems – Materials, Applications and Numerical Analysis 3Evangelos I. Gkanas and Martin Khzouz1.1 Introduction 31.2 Adoption of a Hydrogen-Based Economy 41.3 Hydrogen Compression Technologies 61.4 Metal Hydride Hydrogen Compressors (MHHC) 111.5 Numerical Analysis of a Multistage MHHC System 201.6 Conclusions 322 Nitrogen-Based Hydrogen Storage Systems: A Detailed Overview 39Ankur Jain, Takayuki Ichikawa and Shivani Agarwal2.1 Introduction 402.2 Amide/Imide Systems 412.3 Ammonia (NH3) as Hydrogen Storage Media 622.4 Future Prospects 743 Nanostructured Mg-Based Hydrogen Storage Materials: Synthesis and Properties 89Huaiyu Shao, Xiubo Xie, Jianding Li, Bo Li, Tong Liu and Xingguo Li3.1 Introduction 903.2 Experimental Details 923.3 Synthesis Results of the Nanostructured Samples 943.4 Hydrogen Absorption Kinetics 983.5 Hydrogen Storage Thermodynamics 993.6 Novel Mg-TM (TM=V, Zn, Al) Nanocomposites 1033.7 Summary and Prospects 1104 Hydrogen Storage in Ti/Zr-Based Amorphous and Quasicrystal Alloys 117Akito Takasaki, Lukasz Gondek, Joanna Czub, Alicja Klimkowicz, Antoni Zywczak and Konrad Swierczek4.1 Introduction 118viii Contents4.2 Production of Ti/Zr-Based Amorphous and Quasicrystals Alloys 1194.3 Hydrogen Storage in T-Zr-Based Amorphous Alloys 1244.4 Hydrogen Storage in the Ti/Zr-Based Quasicrystal Alloys 1304.5 Comparison of Amorphous and Quasicrystal Phases on the Hydrogen Properties 1404.6 Conclusions 1415 Electrochemical Method of Hydrogenation/Dehydrogenation of Metal Hydrides 147N.E. Galushkin, N.N. Yazvinskaya and D.N. Galushkin5.1 Introduction 1485.2 Electrochemical Method of Hydrogenation of Metal Hydrides 1515.3 Electrochemical Method of Dehydrogenation of Metal Hydrides 1615.4 Discussion 1665.5 Conclusions 172Part II: Carbon-Based Materials For Hydrogen Storage 1776 Activated Carbon for Hydrogen Storage Obtained from Agro-Industrial Waste 179Yesid Murillo-Acevedo, Paola Rodríguez-Estupiñán, Liliana Giraldo Gutiérrez and Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján6.1 Introduction 1806.2 Experimental 1826.3 Results and Discussion 1836.4 Conclusions 1927 Carbonaceous Materials in Hydrogen Storage 197R. Pedicini, I. Gatto, M. F. Gatto and E. Passalacqua7.1 Introduction 1987.2 Materials Consisting of Only Carbon Atoms 1997.3 Materials Containing Carbon and Other Light Elements 2057.4 Composite Materials Made by Polymeric Matrix 2107.5 Waste and Natural Materials 2177.6 Conclusions 2208 Beneficial Effects of Graphene on Hydrogen Uptake and Release from Light Hydrogen Storage Materials 229Rohit R Shahi8.1 Introduction 2308.2 General Aspects of Graphene 2328.3 Beneficial Effect of Graphene: Key Results with Light Metal Hydrides (e.g., LiBH4, NaAlH4, MgH2) 2368.4 Alanates as HS Materials 2398.5 Magnesium Hydride as HS Material 2438.6 Summary and Future Prospects 2539 Hydrogen Adsorption on Nanotextured Carbon Materials 263G. Sdanghi, G. Maranzana, A. Celzard and V. Fierro9.1 Introduction 2649.2 Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Materials 2709.3 Conclusion 295Acknowledgments 297References 297Appendix 310Index 321