Sentences with phrase «hydrogen storage applications»

A new Berkeley Lab - led study provides insight into how an ultrathin coating can enhance the performance of graphene - wrapped nanocrystals for hydrogen storage applications.

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These human - made materials were introduced in the 1990s, and researchers around the world are working on ways to use them as molecular sponges for applications such as hydrogen storage, carbon sequestration, or photovoltaics.

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are proving to be incredibly flexible with a myriad of potential applications including as antimicrobial agents, hydrogen - storage materials and solar - cell components.

Applications of this process include drug delivery, quantum computation, photovoltaics and hydrogen storage.

MOFs are three - dimensional, coordination networks comprising metal ions and organic molecules and usually are crystalline, porous materials with many applications including storage of gases such as hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

Large - scale storage of low - pressure, gaseous hydrogen in salt caverns and other underground sites for transportation fuel and grid - scale energy applications offers several advantages over above - ground storage, says a recent Sandia National Laboratories study sponsored by the Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Office.

Additionally, installation of electrolyzer systems on electrical grids for power - to - gas applications, which integrate renewable energy, grid services and energy storage will require large - capacity, cost - effective hydrogen storage.

Because this is not all about clothes: there could be many engineering applications for smart yarns in superconducting linear motors, batteries, supercapacitors and hydrogen storage systems.

«Gas storage materials can be used in a range of applications, including gas sensors and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,» says Professor Baek.

Dr. Autrey's current research interests are focused on materials and approaches to hydrogen storage for small power and on - board fuel cell applications.

Camaioni and Autrey are using the insight gained from these studies to investigate the potential of using non-metal complexes to catalytically activate hydrogen for energy storage applications.

The end - use of renewably produced hydrogen varies based on application but the end - use needs to be considered when designing and interfacing hydrogen production, compression and storage systems.

SNL is an internationally recognized leader in the development of MOFs for practical applications, with several MOF - related «firsts,» including integration with MEMS devices, measurement of mechanical properties, catalytic nanoreactors for hydrogen storage, and luminescent MOFs for radiation detection.

Important achievements have been done in the preparation and characterization of: i) Gold nanoparticles stabilised through thiol derivatised organic - and bio-molecules; ii) nanocomposite coatings for low friction and high wear resistance applications and iii) new nanostructured materials for hydrogen storage.

Tour's scientific research areas include nanoelectronics, graphene electronics, silicon oxide electronics, carbon nanovectors for medical applications, green carbon research for enhanced oil recovery and environmentally friendly oil and gas extraction, graphene photovoltaics, carbon supercapacitors, lithium ion batteries, CO2 capture, water splitting to H2 and O2, water purification, carbon nanotube and graphene synthetic modifications, graphene oxide, carbon composites, hydrogen storage on nanoengineered carbon scaffolds, and synthesis of single - molecule nanomachines which includes molecular motors and nanocars.

Once lauded as the future of clean transportation and energy storage in a variety of other applications, hydrogen - based fuel cell systems have a great many barriers to adoption, one of which is lack of hydrogen infrastructure, and the other is the need to develop hydrogen production sources that aren't fossil fuel - based or that require more energy to produce than can be released in the fuel cell.

«Environmentally Beneficial Nanotechnologies: Barriers and Opportunities» explores the application of nanoscience in five key areas that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, namely: insulation, photovoltaics, electricity storage, engine efficiency and the hydrogen economy.

The breakthrough will help scientists to develop ways to use the incredible powers of hydrogen in novel materials for hydrogen storage, in fuel cells, or in other alternative energy applications.