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Saeed M, Marwani HM, Shahzad U, Asiri AM, Hussain I, Rahman MM. Utilizing Nanostructured Materials for Hydrogen Generation, Storage, and Diverse Applications. Chem Asian J 2024; 19:e202300593. [PMID: 37787825 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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The rapid advancement of refined nanostructures and nanotechnologies offers significant potential to boost research activities in hydrogen storage. Recent innovations in hydrogen storage have centered on nanostructured materials, highlighting their effectiveness in molecular hydrogen storage, chemical storage, and as nanoconfined hydride supports. Emphasizing the importance of exploring ultra-high-surface-area nanoporous materials and metals, we advocate for their mechanical stability, rigidity, and high hydride loading capacities to enhance hydrogen storage efficiency. Despite the evident benefits of nanostructured materials in hydrogen storage, we also address the existing challenges and future research directions in this domain. Recent progress in creating intricate nanostructures has had a notable positive impact on the field of hydrogen storage, particularly in the realm of storing molecular hydrogen, where these nanostructured materials are primarily utilized.
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- Mohsin Saeed
- Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Refining and Advanced Chemicals, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Comanescu C. Paving the Way to the Fuel of the Future-Nanostructured Complex Hydrides. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:143. [PMID: 36613588 PMCID: PMC9820751 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Hydrides have emerged as strong candidates for energy storage applications and their study has attracted wide interest in both the academic and industry sectors. With clear advantages due to the solid-state storage of hydrogen, hydrides and in particular complex hydrides have the ability to tackle environmental pollution by offering the alternative of a clean energy source: hydrogen. However, several drawbacks have detracted this material from going mainstream, and some of these shortcomings have been addressed by nanostructuring/nanoconfinement strategies. With the enhancement of thermodynamic and/or kinetic behavior, nanosized complex hydrides (borohydrides and alanates) have recently conquered new estate in the hydrogen storage field. The current review aims to present the most recent results, many of which illustrate the feasibility of using complex hydrides for the generation of molecular hydrogen in conditions suitable for vehicular and stationary applications. Nanostructuring strategies, either in the pristine or nanoconfined state, coupled with a proper catalyst and the choice of host material can potentially yield a robust nanocomposite to reliably produce H2 in a reversible manner. The key element to tackle for current and future research efforts remains the reproducible means to store H2, which will build up towards a viable hydrogen economy goal. The most recent trends and future prospects will be presented herein.
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- Cezar Comanescu
- National Institute of Materials Physics, 405A Atomiștilor Str., 77125 Magurele, Romania;
- Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 405, Atomiștilor Str., 77125 Magurele, Romania
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Wu R, Zhang X, Liu Y, Zhang L, Hu J, Gao M, Pan H. A Unique Double-Layered Carbon Nanobowl-Confined Lithium Borohydride for Highly Reversible Hydrogen Storage. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2001963. [PMID: 32613757 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202001963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Poor reversibility and high desorption temperature restricts the practical use of lithium borohydride (LiBH4 ) as an advanced hydrogen store. Herein, a LiBH4 composite confined in unique double-layered carbon nanobowls prepared by a facile melt infiltration process is demonstrated, thanks to powerful capillary effect under 100 bar of H2 pressure. The gradual formation of double-layered carbon nanobowls is witnessed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observation. Benefiting from the nanoconfinement effect and catalytic function of carbon, this composite releases hydrogen from 225 °C and peaks at 353 °C, with a hydrogen release amount up to 10.9 wt%. The peak temperature of dehydriding is lowered by 112 °C compared with bulk LiBH4 . More importantly, the composite readily desorbs and absorbs ≈8.5 wt% of H2 at 300 °C and 100 bar H2 , showing a significant reversibility of hydrogen storage. Such a high reversible capacity has not ever been observed under the identical conditions. The usable volumetric energy density reaches as high as 82.4 g L-1 with considerable dehydriding kinetics. The findings provide insights in the design and development of nanosized complex hydrides for on-board applications.
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- Ruyan Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Puszkiel J, Gasnier A, Amica G, Gennari F. Tuning LiBH 4 for Hydrogen Storage: Destabilization, Additive, and Nanoconfinement Approaches. Molecules 2019; 25:molecules25010163. [PMID: 31906111 PMCID: PMC6982930 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25010163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Hydrogen technology has become essential to fulfill our mobile and stationary energy needs in a global low–carbon energy system. The non-renewability of fossil fuels and the increasing environmental problems caused by our fossil fuel–running economy have led to our efforts towards the application of hydrogen as an energy vector. However, the development of volumetric and gravimetric efficient hydrogen storage media is still to be addressed. LiBH4 is one of the most interesting media to store hydrogen as a compound due to its large gravimetric (18.5 wt.%) and volumetric (121 kgH2/m3) hydrogen densities. In this review, we focus on some of the main explored approaches to tune the thermodynamics and kinetics of LiBH4: (I) LiBH4 + MgH2 destabilized system, (II) metal and metal hydride added LiBH4, (III) destabilization of LiBH4 by rare-earth metal hydrides, and (IV) the nanoconfinement of LiBH4 and destabilized LiBH4 hydride systems. Thorough discussions about the reaction pathways, destabilizing and catalytic effects of metals and metal hydrides, novel synthesis processes of rare earth destabilizing agents, and all the essential aspects of nanoconfinement are led.
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- Julián Puszkiel
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +54-294-4445118; Fax: +54-294-4445290
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Rueda M, Sanz-Moral LM, Martín Á. Innovative methods to enhance the properties of solid hydrogen storage materials based on hydrides through nanoconfinement: A review. J Supercrit Fluids 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Schneemann A, White JL, Kang S, Jeong S, Wan LF, Cho ES, Heo TW, Prendergast D, Urban JJ, Wood BC, Allendorf MD, Stavila V. Nanostructured Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage. Chem Rev 2018; 118:10775-10839. [PMID: 30277071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Knowledge and foundational understanding of phenomena associated with the behavior of materials at the nanoscale is one of the key scientific challenges toward a sustainable energy future. Size reduction from bulk to the nanoscale leads to a variety of exciting and anomalous phenomena due to enhanced surface-to-volume ratio, reduced transport length, and tunable nanointerfaces. Nanostructured metal hydrides are an important class of materials with significant potential for energy storage applications. Hydrogen storage in nanoscale metal hydrides has been recognized as a potentially transformative technology, and the field is now growing steadily due to the ability to tune the material properties more independently and drastically compared to those of their bulk counterparts. The numerous advantages of nanostructured metal hydrides compared to bulk include improved reversibility, altered heats of hydrogen absorption/desorption, nanointerfacial reaction pathways with faster rates, and new surface states capable of activating chemical bonds. This review aims to summarize the progress to date in the area of nanostructured metal hydrides and intends to understand and explain the underpinnings of the innovative concepts and strategies developed over the past decade to tune the thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen storage reactions. These recent achievements have the potential to propel further the prospects of tuning the hydride properties at nanoscale, with several promising directions and strategies that could lead to the next generation of solid-state materials for hydrogen storage applications.
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- Andreas Schneemann
- Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore , California 94551 , United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore , California 94551 , United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94550 , United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94550 , United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141 , Republic of Korea
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94550 , United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94550 , United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore , California 94551 , United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore , California 94551 , United States
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Xia G, Tan Y, Chen X, Fang F, Sun D, Li X, Guo Z, Yu X. Oxygen-free Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Lithiated Composites on Graphene for Advanced Hydrogen Storage. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2017; 4:1600257. [PMID: 28932654 PMCID: PMC5604367 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201600257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A facile hydrogenation-induced self-assembly strategy to synthesize lithium hydride (LiH) nanosheets with a thickness of 2 nm that are uniformly distributed on graphene is reported and designed. Taking advantage of LiH nanosheets with high reactivity and a homogeneous distribution on graphene support as a nanoreactor, the confined chemical synthesis of oxygen-free lithiated composites is effectively and efficiently realized.
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- Guanglin Xia
- Department of Materials ScienceFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic MaterialsUniversity of WollongongNorth WollongongNSW2522Australia
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- Department of Materials ScienceFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
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- Department of Materials ScienceFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
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- Department of Materials ScienceFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
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- Department of Materials ScienceFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijing100871China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic MaterialsUniversity of WollongongNorth WollongongNSW2522Australia
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- Department of Materials ScienceFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
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Bramwell PL, Gao J, de Waal B, de Jong KP, Klein Gebbink RJ, de Jongh PE. A transition-metal-free hydrogenation catalyst: Pore-confined sodium alanate for the hydrogenation of alkynes and alkenes. J Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2016.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Xia G, Chen J, Sun W, Tan Y, Guo Z, Liu H, Yu X. Well-dispersed lithium amidoborane nanoparticles through nanoreactor engineering for improved hydrogen release. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:12333-12339. [PMID: 25184240 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr03257h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Well-distributed lithium amidoborane (LiAB) nanoparticles were successfully fabricated via adopting carbon nanofibers (CNFs) with homogenous pores uniformly containing Li3N as the nanoreactor and reactant, simply prepared by a single-nozzle electrospinning technique, for the subsequent interaction with AB. The hierarchical porous structure consists of various macropores, mesopores and micropores in situ produced during the formation of Li3N simultaneously serving as the reaction initiator, which not only controllably realizes the well-distribution of LiAB nanoparticles but also provides favorable channels for hydrogen release. Because of the hierarchical porous architecture and nanoscale size effects, the LiAB nanoparticles start to release hydrogen at only 40 °C, which is 30 °C lower than that of pure LiAB, and dehydrogenate completely within only 15 min at 100 °C (10.6 wt%). This work provides a new perspective to the controllable fabrication of nanosized hydrogen storage materials.
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- Guanglin Xia
- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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