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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Nozomu Kawabe, Itami, JP;
Kouichi Sogabe, Itami, JP;
Shousaku Yamanaka, Itami, JP;
Yoshinobu Takeda, Itami, JP;
Takashi Uemura, Itami, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A hydrogen storage material (,) having excellent hydrogen storage capability and having such a low hydrogen desorption temperature as not to significantly hinder the use thereof, and also capable of being mass-produced, and a manufacturing method of the same can be obtained. The hydrogen storage material has a layered deformation structure including plastic deformation, and one layer (,) of the layered deformation structure is formed from an alloy or compound including an element of groups 2A, 3A and 4A or an element of at least one of the groups 2A, 3A and 4A, and another layer (,) being in contact with the one layer is formed from an alloy or compound including an element of groups 6A, 7A and 8A or an element of at least one of the groups 6A, 7A and 8A.