Graphene oxide/metal nanocrystal multilaminates as the atomic limit for safe and selective hydrogen storage

Cho, Eun Seon; Ruminski, Anne M.; Aloni, Shaul; Liu, Yi-Sheng; Guo, Jinghua; Urban, Jeffrey J.

doi:10.1038/ncomms10804

Title: Graphene oxide/metal nanocrystal multilaminates as the atomic limit for safe and selective hydrogen storage

Journal Article · Tue Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10804· OSTI ID:1255552

Cho, Eun Seon ^[1]; Ruminski, Anne M. ^[1]; Aloni, Shaul ^[1]; Liu, Yi-Sheng ^[2]; Guo, Jinghua ^[2]; Urban, Jeffrey J. ^[1]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

© 2016, Nature Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Interest in hydrogen fuel is growing for automotive applications; however, safe, dense, solid-state hydrogen storage remains a formidable scientific challenge. Metal hydrides offer ample storage capacity and do not require cryogens or exceedingly high pressures for operation. However, hydrides have largely been abandoned because of oxidative instability and sluggish kinetics. We report a new, environmentally stable hydrogen storage material constructed of Mg nanocrystals encapsulated by atomically thin and gas-selective reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets. This material, protected from oxygen and moisture by the rGO layers, exhibits exceptionally dense hydrogen storage (6.5 wt% and 0.105 kg H 2 per litre in the total composite). As rGO is atomically thin, this approach minimizes inactive mass in the composite, while also providing a kinetic enhancement to hydrogen sorption performance. These multilaminates of rGO-Mg are able to deliver exceptionally dense hydrogen storage and provide a material platform for harnessing the attributes of sensitive nanomaterials in demanding environments.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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OSTI ID:: 1255552

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Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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