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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
Jun Yang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrea Pulskamp, Plymouth, MI (US);
Shinichi Hirano, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jun Yang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrea Pulskamp, Plymouth, MI (US);
Shinichi Hirano, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a hydrogen storage system includes a core of hydrogen sorbent material and a shell of crystalline metal hydride material enclosing at least a portion of the core of hydrogen sorbent material. In another embodiment, the hydrogen storage system further includes an intermediate layer of amorphous metal hydride material, at least a portion of which being positioned between the core of hydrogen sorbent material and the shell of crystalline metal hydride material.