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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2020
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Jeffrey W. Baldwin, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
James R. Morse, Arlington, VA (US);
David A. Zugell, Pottstown, PA (US);
Bernard R. Matis, Alexandria, VA (US);
Heather D. Willauer, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Nicolas T Gangemi, Washington, DC (US);
Brian Houston, Fairfax, VA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of: providing a hydrogenated spcarbon allotrope, and releasing hydrogen gas from the carbon allotrope. The method may use an apparatus having: a vessel for containing the hydrogenated spcarbon allotrope, a fuel cell capable of using hydrogen gas a fuel, and a tube for transporting hydrogen gas from the vessel to the fuel cell. The carbon allotrope may be made by: providing a mixture of an spcarbon allotrope and liquid ammonia, adding an alkali metal to the mixture, and sonicating the mixture to form a hydrogenated form of the carbon allotrope. The hydrogenated carbon can be at least 3.5 wt % hydrogen covalently bound to the carbon.