Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

U.S. Department of Energy

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (srns)

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC

Premkumar Sivasubramanian

Rana Mohtadi

Ragaiy Zidan

Ashley Clinton Stowe

Joshua R Gray

Christopher Fewox

Narayanankutty Pariyadath

Rana F Mohtadi

Complex hydrides based on Al(BH)are stabilized by the presence of one or more additional metal elements or organic adducts to provide high capacity hydrogen storage material.

High capacity stabilized complex hydrides for hydrogen storage

A stabilized composition containing a metal hydride of boron, including complex metal hydrides of boron, in a polyalkylsiloxane amorphous fumed silica mixture is provided. In a preferred embodiment the composition is a stabilized mixture of aluminum borohydride, polydimethylsiloxane and amorphous fumed silica. A method to prepare the stabilized mixture is also provided.

Medium for the stabilization and utility of volatile or liquid hydrides of boron

A hydrogen release material includes a complex metal hydride and an ionic liquid wherein the hydrogen release material has a lower hydrogen release temperature in comparison to the complex metal hydride alone. Also disclosed is a process of releasing hydrogen from a storage material including the steps of: providing a complex metal hydride; combining the metal hydride with an ionic liquid in a desired amount forming a mixture; and heating the mixture to a temperature releasing hydrogen wherein the temperature is lower in comparison to the complex metal hydride alone.

Hydrogen release from complex metal hydrides by solvation in ionic liquids

A process of forming a hydrogen storage material, including the steps of: providing a borohydride material of the formula: M(BH)where M is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal and 1&#x2266;x&#x2266;2; providing an alanate material of the formula: M(AlH)where Mis an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal and 1&#x2266;x&#x2266;2; providing a halide material of the formula: MHalwhere Mis an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or transition metal and Hal is a halide and 1&#x2266;x&#x2266;4; combining the borohydride, alanate and halide materials such that 5 to 50 molar percent from the borohydride material is present forming a reaction product material having a lower hydrogen release temperature than the alanate material.

Destabilized and catalyzed borohydride for reversible hydrogen storage

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