Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia, 2012, 266 p. – ISBN: 978-953-51-0731-6, doi:10.5772/3207.
Energy storage became a dominant factor in economic development with the widespread introduction of electricity and refined chemical fuels in the later 1800s. Chemical fuels are the dominant form of energy storage, both in electrical generation and energy transportation. Chemical fuels in common use are processed fossil fuels in the form of coal, oil, and natural gas. The world energy consumption has been constantly increasing since the industrial revolution. However, the supply of fossil fuel is limited. Furthermore, the use of fossil fuel puts human health at risk through chemical and particulate pollutants and affects global climate through CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen, as a chemical energy carrier, is widely regarded as a potential cost effective, renewable, and clean energy alternative to petroleum, especially in the transportation sector. Hydrogen storage is becoming a key component of realizing the hydrogen economy for transportation applications.
Emerging nanotechnology has generated a significant influence to many fields. Scientists always think, work, and interact to fabricate and optimize new materials and processes in nanometer scale. In turn, these novel nanomaterials and nanostructures are employed to design real devices, therefore, offering unprecedented efficiency or function compared to conventional bulk phase materials. In the recent years, nanotechnology has extensively applied to develop novel hydrogen storage materials. To reflect the rapid growth of these research in hydrogen storage nanomaterials, this book entitled by “Hydrogen Storage Materials through Nanotechnology” summarize the recent research progress in this field.
In the past years, there are many books already available covering different topics, nanotechnology or hydrogen storage. However, none summarizes the specific topic with emphasis on nanotechnology applied to improve hydrogen storage properties. It is believed that this book can be suitable as a desk reference related to energy storage materials for scientific researchers, government and organizations, as well as industrial R&D labs. This book includes 10 chapters which are divided into two categories, physical and chemical hydrogen storage materials. Each chapter is written by world-leading scientific experts working in nanotechnology and hydrogen storage, the editor made a great effort to ensure the accuracy and appropriateness of the materials collected and any comments and suggestions to improve potential future editions are welcome.Contents
Section 1 Chemical Hydrogen Storage Materials.
Chapter 1 Development of Novel Polymer Nanostructures and Nanoscale Complex Hydrides for Reversible Hydrogen Storage. Sesha S. Srinivasan and Prakash C. Sharma.
Chapter 2 Improvement on Hydrogen Storage Properties of Complex Metal Hydride. Jianjun Liu and Wenqing Zhang.
Chapter 3 Enclosure of Sodium Tetrahydroborate (NaBH4) in Solidified Aluminosilicate Gels and Microporous Crystalline Solids for Fuel Processing. Josef-Christian Buhl, Lars Schomborg and Claus Henning Rüscher.
Chapter 4 The Preparation and Hydrogen Storage Performances of Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Mg2Ni-Type Alloys. Yanghuan Zhang, Hongwei Shang, Chen Zhao and Dongliang Zhao.
Chapter 5 Hydrogen Storage Properties and Structure of Magnesium-Based Alloys Prepared with
Melt-Spinning Technique. Kazuhide Tanaka.
Chapter 6 Application of Ionic Liquids in Hydrogen Storage Systems. Sebastian Sahler and Martin H.G. Prechtl.
Section 2 Physical Hydrogen Storage Materials
Chapter 7 Postsynthesis Treatment Influence on Hydrogen Sorption Properties of Carbon Nanotubes. Michail Obolensky, Andrew Basteev, Vladimir Beletsky, Andrew Kravchenko, Yuri Petrusenko, Valeriy Borysenko, Sergey Lavrynenko, Oleg Kravchenko, Irina Suvorova, Vladimir Golovanevskiy and Leonid Bazyma.
Chapter 8 Electrospun Nanofibrous Materials and Their Hydrogen Storage. Seong Mu Jo.
Chapter 9 On the Possibility of Layered Crystals Application for Solid State Hydrogen Storages – InSe and GaSe Crystals. Yuriy Zhirko, Volodymyr Trachevsky and Zakhar Kovalyuk.
Chapter 10 Hydrogen Storage for Energy Application.
