Development of High Capacity Energy Storage Materials
- Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), Aiken, SC (United States); Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)
Hydrogen fuel cells have the potential to offer energy and power density advantages over lithium ion batteries in automotive and portable power applications when paired with an appropriate hydrogen storage system. Development of the ideal hydrogen storage material has been immensely sought after but plagued by limitations present in each type of material. These limitations typically include nonidealistic operational temperatures, low capacities, excessive costs, lack of reversibility, or evolution of impurities which irreversibly damage fuel cell performance. Many complex metal hydrides possess suitable hydrogen capacities but unfortunately suffer from impurity release. In order to address this problem, our team has explored in-situ catalyst doping of alkali metal amides to demonstrate methodologies to reduce ammonia release. The incorporation of iridium metal in lithium amide significantly reduces the ammonia release and decomposes the ammonia to provide additional hydrogen. Furthermore, we demonstrate, for the first time, high resistance of low temperature fuel cells to ammonia in comparison with typical proton exchange membrane fuel cells. The utilization of these two approaches in tandem provides a novel pathway for the development and implementation of high capacity energy storage materials for fuel cell applications.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89303321CEM000080
- OSTI ID:
- 1827951
- Report Number(s):
- SRNL-STI-2021-00568; TRN: US2301806
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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