Eco Factor: Applied electric field to better hydrogen storage systems.
An international team of researchers from the Virginia Commonwealth University, Peking University in Beijing and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai have developed a process using an electric field that can significantly improve hydrogen storage and release.
The team has identified a new principle for the design of hydrogen storage materials which involves low-coordinated, non-metal anions that are highly polarized in an applied electric field. Using this electric field, the researchers are hoping to bring hydrogen economy closer to reality.
According to the researchers an external electric field can be used to store hydrogen just as an internal field can store due to charge polarization caused by a metal ion. This technique would allow them to create entirely new ways to store hydrogen and find the materials that are most suitable for the process.
Via: VCU News Center
