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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2009
Rana F. Mohtadi, Northville, MI (US);
Kenji Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Ming AU, Martinez, GA (US);
Ragaiy Zidan, Alken, SC (US);
Rana F. Mohtadi, Northville, MI (US);
Kenji Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Ming Au, Martinez, GA (US);
Ragaiy Zidan, Alken, SC (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy, Savannah River, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A process of forming a hydrogen storage material, including the steps of: providing a first material of the formula M(BH), where M is an alkali metal or an alkali earth metal, providing a second material selected from M(AlH), a mixture of M(AlH)and MCl, a mixture of MCland Al, a mixture of MCland AlH, a mixture of MHand Al, Al, and AlH. The first and second materials are combined at an elevated temperature and at an elevated hydrogen pressure for a time period forming a third material having a lower hydrogen release temperature than the first material and a higher hydrogen gravimetric density than the second material.