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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2009
Rana F. Mohtadi, Northville, MI (US);
Ragaiy Zidan, Aiken, SC (US);
Joshua Gray, Aiken, SC (US);
Ashley C. Stowe, Knoxville, TN (US);
Premkumar Sivasubramanian, Aiken, SC (US);
Rana F. Mohtadi, Northville, MI (US);
Ragaiy Zidan, Aiken, SC (US);
Joshua Gray, Aiken, SC (US);
Ashley C. Stowe, Knoxville, TN (US);
Premkumar Sivasubramanian, Aiken, SC (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A process of forming a hydrogen storage material, including the steps of: providing a borohydride material of the formula: M(BH)where M is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal and 1≦x≦2; providing an alanate material of the formula: M(AlH)where Mis an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal and 1≦x≦2; providing a halide material of the formula: MHalwhere Mis an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or transition metal and Hal is a halide and 1≦x≦4; combining the borohydride, alanate and halide materials such that 5 to 50 molar percent from the borohydride material is present forming a reaction product material having a lower hydrogen release temperature than the alanate material.