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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Yoshitsugu Kojima, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yasuaki Kawai, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshitsugu Kojima, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yasuaki Kawai, Nagoya, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi-gun, JP;
Abstract
The present invention involves a carbon-based hydrogen storage material which includes a carbon material, exhibiting a specific surface area, being 1,000 m/g or more, and a bulk density, being from 0.4 g/cmor more to 1 g/cmor less. The carbon-based hydrogen storage material is such that the hydrogen storage capacity per unit volume is large. The invention also provides for a hydrogen storage apparatus whose hydrogen storage capacity per unit volume is large. The hydrogen storage apparatus is constituted so as to include a container and a hydrogen absorbing material accommodated in the container, and the hydrogen absorbing material is arranged to include a porous carbon material whose specific surface area is 1,000 m/g or more, and a hydrogen absorbing alloy.