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Patent No.:

US 8551396 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2008
Applicants:

Bellave S. Shivaram, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Adam B. Phillips, Toledo, OH (US);

Inventors:

Bellave S. Shivaram, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Adam B. Phillips, Toledo, OH (US);

Assignee:

University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 38/00 (2006.01); C22C 24/00 (2006.01); C22C 28/00 (2006.01); C22C 14/00 (2006.01); C22B 9/00 (2006.01); C22B 34/12 (2006.01); C22B 34/22 (2006.01); C22B 59/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Provided herein are materials that can achieve up to 14% hydrogen absorption by weight in ambient conditions, which is a marked improvement over the hydrogen absorption values found in the prior art. Further provided are experimental conditions necessary to produce these materials. In order to produce the hydrogen storage material, a transition metal (or Lithium) is vaporized in a pi bond gas in conditions that permit only a few bonding collisions to occur between the vaporized transition metal atoms and pi bond gas molecules before the resulting bonded material is collected.


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