Metal Hydrides: Materials and Technologies for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage comprehensively describes the synthesis and rich chemistry of a vast variety of the most important group of hydrogen storage materials - metal hydrides. In addition to exploring tailored properties manipulated by tuning their composition, morphology, and structure, the book also presents the most important applications of metal hydrides, including hydrogen and heat storage systems, hydrogen compression, hydrogen generation, and their use as electrode materials in rechargeable batteries.
An international team of renowned experts contributes chapters covering four key areas: (a) Solid state materials for hydrogen storage with storage capacities reaching 18.5 wt. % H; (b) Hydrides with advanced tailored properties achieved by appropriate processing, nanoscaling, chemical and structural optimization, and use of catalysts; (c) In situ and operando characterization of the mechanism and kinetics of interactions in metal-hydrogen systems; and (d) Prime applications in hydrogen-based energy storage
An international team of renowned experts contributes chapters covering four key areas: (a) Solid state materials for hydrogen storage with storage capacities reaching 18.5 wt. % H; (b) Hydrides with advanced tailored properties achieved by appropriate processing, nanoscaling, chemical and structural optimization, and use of catalysts; (c) In situ and operando characterization of the mechanism and kinetics of interactions in metal-hydrogen systems; and (d) Prime applications in hydrogen-based energy storage
Table of Contents
Section I. Solid-state materials for hydrogen storage1. Fundamentals of metal-hydrogen systems
2. Binary hydrides
3. Ternary hydrides
4. Metal deuterides and tritides
5. Alanates
6. Complex metal borohydrides
7. Structural chemistry of metallic hydrides
8. Computational studies of metal-hydrogen systems as hydrogen storage materials
Section II. Hydrides with tailored properties
9. Mechanochemical synthesis processes in metal-hydrogen systems
10. Multiscale property manipulation of advanced functional materials by gas-solid reactions
11. Thin-film hydrides
Section III. Structural characterisation of metal hydrides
12. Metal hydrides studied by synchrotron XRD and total scattering
13. Neutron diffraction studies of metal-hydrogen systems
Section IV. Applications of metal hydrides
14. Hydrogen storage systems
15. Metal hydride hydrogen compressors
16. Thermal energy storage
17. Hydrogen generation by hydrolysis process
18. Metal hydrides as negative electrodes of rechargeable batteries
19. Boron-based hydrides as solid electrolytes: Towards all-solid batteries
Section V. Summary and future outlook
20. Future outlook of progress in hydrogen storage materials and technologies
