Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 2

Applications

Volodymyr Yartys

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443448744
• Subtopic: Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 2: Applications comprehensively describes the applications of the most important group of hydrogen storage materials: metal hydrides. The book is one of a pair of companion volumes, with the other being Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 1: Fundamentals.In Volume 2, an international team of renowned experts explores the applications of solid state materials for hydrogen storage. The content covers mechanochemical synthesis processes in metal–hydrogen systems; multiscale property manipulation of advanced functional materials by gas–solid reactions; thin-film metal hydrides; metal hydrides studied by synchrotron XRD and total scattering; neutron diffraction studies of metal–hydrogen systems; hydrogen storage systems; metal hydride hydrogen compressors; hydride-based thermal energy storage; hydrogen generation by hydrolysis process; metal hydrides as negative electrodes of rechargeable batteries; boron-based hydrides as solid electrolytes used in all-solid batteries; and the future outlook of progress in hydrogen storage materials and technologies. - Covers fundamental aspects of the interactions in metal–hydrogen systems by utilizing state-of-the-art computational and experimental studies - Addresses all major groups of materials for hydrogen storage and generation – binary and ternary hydrides, deuterides and tritides, alanates, complex metal borohydrides, and materials for hydrolysis - Describes synthesis and characterization techniques that allow researchers to probe the properties of bulk, thin-film, and nanoscale hydrides - Presents various applications of metal hydrides in hydrogen-based energy systems, including hydrogen and heat storage systems, hydrogen compression, hydrogen generation by hydrolysis, and use of metal hydrides in rechargeable batteries - Highlights the potential and possibilities offered by the use of metal hydrides in energy applications - Relevant for researchers and also students looking for a high-level text when studying hydrogen energy, energy storage, hydrogen storage, and materials science

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Section I. Hydrides with tailored properties
• Section II. Structural characterisation of metal hydrides
• Section III. Applications of metal hydrides
• Section IV. Summary and future outlook
• Index