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Title: High capacity hydrogen storage nanocomposite materials

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1169100

A novel hydrogen absorption material is provided comprising a mixture of a lithium hydride with a fullerene. The subsequent reaction product provides for a hydrogen storage material which reversibly stores and releases hydrogen at temperatures of about 270.degree. C.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-08SR22470
Assignee:
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, SC)
Patent Number(s):
8,945,500
Application Number:
12/932,242
OSTI ID:
1169100
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Hydrogenated fullerenes as an additive to carbon anode for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries patent November 2000
Carbon Nanomaterials as Catalysts for Hydrogen Uptake and Release in NaAlH4 journal April 2009
Li4C60 :  A Polymeric Fulleride with a Two-Dimensional Architecture and Mixed Interfullerene Bonding Motifs
  • Margadonna, Serena; Pontiroli, Daniele; Belli, Matteo
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 126, Issue 46, p. 15032-15033 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja044838o
journal November 2004
Superionic Conductivity in the Li 4 C 60 Fulleride Polymer journal April 2009
Novel catalytic effects of fullerene for LiBH4 hydrogen uptake and release journal April 2009

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