Metal (boro-) hydrides for high energy density storage and relevant emerging technologies
Abstract
The current energy transition imposes a rapid implementation of energy storage systems with high energy density and eminent regeneration and cycling efficiency. Metal hydrides are potential candidates for generalized energy storage, when coupled with fuel cell units and/or batteries. An overview of ongoing research is reported and discussed in this review work on the light of application as hydrogen and heat storage matrices, as well as thin films for hydrogen optical sensors. These include a selection of single-metal hydrides, Ti-V(Fe) based intermetallics, multi-principal element alloys (high-entropy alloys), and a series of novel synthetically accessible metal borohydrides. Metal hydride materials can be as well of important usefulness for MH-based electrodes with high capacity (e.g. MgH2 ~ 2000 mAh g-1) and solid-state electrolytes displaying high ionic conductivity suitable, respectively, for Li-ion and Li/Mg battery technologies. To boost further research and development directions some characterization techniques dedicated to the study of M-H interactions, their equilibrium reactions, and additional quantification of hydrogen concentration in thin film and bulk hydrides are presented at the end of this manuscript.
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@article{arxiv.2010.04432,
title = {Metal (boro-) hydrides for high energy density storage and relevant emerging technologies},
author = {L. J. Bannenberg and M. Heere and H. Benzidi and J. Montero and E. M. Dematteis and S. Suwarno and T. Jaroń and M. Winny and P. A. Orłowski and W. Wegner and A. Starobrat and K. J. Fijałkowski and W. Grochala and Z. Qian and J. -P. Bonnet and I. Nuta and W. Lohstroh and C. Zlotea and O. Mounkachi and F. Cuevas and C. Chatillon and M. Latroche and M. Fichtner and M. Baricco and B. C. Hauback and A. El Kharbachi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.04432},
year = {2020}
}