Improving Existing and Discovering New Hydrogen Storage Materials Using Computational Materials Modeling

Alternative energy is currently one of the most active research areas in science. Lessening our dependence on fossil fuels has economic, environmental, and political benefits. With almost one-third of US energy going into transportation, a large piece of the puzzle is developing an alternative energy carrier to petroleum. Hydrogen is very attractive in the long term because it is abundant, potentially renewable, all countries have access to it, and it burns cleanly (no CO2 production) with oxygen to produce a large amount of energy (120 kJ/g). Unfortunately, there are still plenty of basic science and engineering hurdles that need to be overcome for hydrogen to become viable. Foremost among these is storing hydrogen in a sufficiently dense medium such that it can be used for automotive applications.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Harrison, David Brett

• Borohydrides

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/82172

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/82172