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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Bing Zhou, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Cheng Zhang, Pennington, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Bing Zhou, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Cheng Zhang, Pennington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Headwaters Technology Innovation, LLC, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Hydrogen is stored by adsorbing the hydrogen to a carbon nanomaterial that includes carbon nanospheres. The carbon nanospheres are multi-walled, hollow carbon nanostructures with a maximum diameter in a range from about 10 nm to about 200 nm. The nanospheres have an irregular outer surface with graphitic defects and an aspect ratio of less than 3:1. The carbon nanospheres can store hydrogen in quantities of at least 1.0% by weight.