I’ve heard it through the grapevine that carbon nanotubes, graphene and buckyballs are out and carbyne, calcium and hydrogen grapes are in. Rice University has stated that these older, vintage methods of storing hydrogen are out due to the fact they can only store H2 when it is too cold. According to Rice University, “Rice [...]
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A year ago I talked about how the University of Delaware was using chicken feathers for the storage of hydrogen gas. The researchers had discovered that the porous material in chicken feathers along with their light weight was a step up from using metal hydride tanks which are heavy or carbon nanotubes which are very [...]
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Scientists and engineers at the Department of Energy (DOE) have discovered through the use of nanotechnology how to densely pack hydrogen molecules for safe storage inside lightweight tanks and easily release those molecules when needed for fuel. The DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is using a material related to Plexiglas sprinkled with nanoparticles of [...]
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Researchers at the University of Glasgow are working with two companies, EADS and Hydrogen Horizons, using nanotechnology to alter hydrogen storage tanks for use in future airplanes. The researchers will be using a Hydrogen Horizons Hydrisafe tank and altering the materials used in it on a nanoscale to see if they can squeeze more H2 [...]
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In the past I’ve talked about MOF structures (Metal Organic Frameworks) being developed to store hydrogen fuel. These structures discovered by scientists at Northwestern University use a framework of nickel, zinc, copper or cobalt plus sugar and salt to bind hydrogen inside its porous structure. Now, researchers at Rice University have a different take on [...]
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An accidental discovery by researchers at Northwestern University has led to an MOF (metal-organic framework) that is natural, biodegradable and even edible plus it stores hydrogen. In case you didn’t catch the title, one of the ingredients is Everclear which is a very high proof alcohol (which I once sipped as a teenager). The other [...]
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I find this story interesting for both the technological perspective and the political perspective. Let’s get the political perspective out of the way first. This is an article that has been circulated by the Associated Press. It was picked up and published by Iran’s Tehran Times online newspaper. The article itself is about how a [...]
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Here is a story that has gone largely under-reported by the mainstream media over the weekend, but an important one nonetheless. Researchers at the Curtin University of Technology in Sydney, Australia have created tiny magnesium nanoparticles to store hydrogen. Magnesium is cheap and it easily bonds with hydrogen. The only problem is that the bond [...]
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Scientists and researchers have spent years trying to simulate Mother Nature in creating hydrogen or storing hydrogen more efficiently. Artificial photosynthesis using viruses or nano leaf structures are recent areas of study for creating hydrogen fuel. But, just as important as creating hydrogen is also storing the element for later use by fuel cell cars [...]
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In December 2009, I had talked about research on using graphite and graphene by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Princeton University as potential ways to store hydrogen fuel. Now, government and academia have teamed up again as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Pennsylvania are developing another [...]
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