Applications for Fullerenes in Hydrogen Storage

Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:00:00 -0500

The research of Patrick Ward is aimed at developing new metal-decorated carbon-based materials that allow for reversible high-capacity hydrogen storage. Such a material, satisfying the DOE requirements for gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen capacity as well as charging/discharging rates, does not currently exist. Such a storage material is targeted for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which would operate without generating green house gases and would have the same range as internal combustion vehicles (~300 miles/tank) as opposed to electric battery vehicles like the Nissan Leaf, which have a much more limited range.