Part I: Chemical and Electrochemical Hydrogen Storage 1

1 Metal Hydride Hydrogen Compression Systems – Materials, Applications and Numerical Analysis 3
Evangelos I. Gkanas and Martin Khzouz

1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Adoption of a Hydrogen-Based Economy 4
1.3 Hydrogen Compression Technologies 6
1.4 Metal Hydride Hydrogen Compressors (MHHC) 11
1.5 Numerical Analysis of a Multistage MHHC System 20
1.6 Conclusions 32

2 Nitrogen-Based Hydrogen Storage Systems: A Detailed Overview 39
Ankur Jain, Takayuki Ichikawa and Shivani Agarwal

2.1 Introduction 40
2.2 Amide/Imide Systems 41
2.3 Ammonia (NH3) as Hydrogen Storage Media 62
2.4 Future Prospects 74

3 Nanostructured Mg-Based Hydrogen Storage Materials: Synthesis and Properties 89
Huaiyu Shao, Xiubo Xie, Jianding Li, Bo Li, Tong Liu and Xingguo Li

3.1 Introduction 90
3.2 Experimental Details 92
3.3 Synthesis Results of the Nanostructured Samples 94
3.4 Hydrogen Absorption Kinetics 98
3.5 Hydrogen Storage Thermodynamics 99
3.6 Novel Mg-TM (TM=V, Zn, Al) Nanocomposites 103
3.7 Summary and Prospects 110

4 Hydrogen Storage in Ti/Zr-Based Amorphous and Quasicrystal Alloys 117
Akito Takasaki, Lukasz Gondek, Joanna Czub, Alicja Klimkowicz, Antoni Zywczak and Konrad Swierczek

4.1 Introduction 118viii Contents
4.2 Production of Ti/Zr-Based Amorphous and Quasicrystals Alloys 119
4.3 Hydrogen Storage in T-Zr-Based Amorphous Alloys 124
4.4 Hydrogen Storage in the Ti/Zr-Based Quasicrystal Alloys 130
4.5 Comparison of Amorphous and Quasicrystal Phases on the Hydrogen Properties 140
4.6 Conclusions 141

5 Electrochemical Method of Hydrogenation/Dehydrogenation of Metal Hydrides 147
N.E. Galushkin, N.N. Yazvinskaya and D.N. Galushkin

5.1 Introduction 148
5.2 Electrochemical Method of Hydrogenation of Metal Hydrides 151
5.3 Electrochemical Method of Dehydrogenation of Metal Hydrides 161
5.4 Discussion 166
5.5 Conclusions 172

Part II: Carbon-Based Materials For Hydrogen Storage 177

6 Activated Carbon for Hydrogen Storage Obtained from Agro-Industrial Waste 179
Yesid Murillo-Acevedo, Paola Rodríguez-Estupiñán, Liliana Giraldo Gutiérrez and Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján

6.1 Introduction 180
6.2 Experimental 182
6.3 Results and Discussion 183
6.4 Conclusions 192

7 Carbonaceous Materials in Hydrogen Storage 197
R. Pedicini, I. Gatto, M. F. Gatto and E. Passalacqua

7.1 Introduction 198
7.2 Materials Consisting of Only Carbon Atoms 199
7.3 Materials Containing Carbon and Other Light Elements 205
7.4 Composite Materials Made by Polymeric Matrix 210
7.5 Waste and Natural Materials 217
7.6 Conclusions 220

8 Beneficial Effects of Graphene on Hydrogen Uptake and Release from Light Hydrogen Storage Materials 229
Rohit R Shahi

8.1 Introduction 230
8.2 General Aspects of Graphene 232
8.3 Beneficial Effect of Graphene: Key Results with Light Metal Hydrides (e.g., LiBH4, NaAlH4, MgH2) 236
8.4 Alanates as HS Materials 239
8.5 Magnesium Hydride as HS Material 243
8.6 Summary and Future Prospects 253

9 Hydrogen Adsorption on Nanotextured Carbon Materials 263
G. Sdanghi, G. Maranzana, A. Celzard and V. Fierro

9.1 Introduction 264
9.2 Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Materials 270
9.3 Conclusion 295

Acknowledgments 297
References 297
Appendix 310
Index 321