Materials for hydrogen-based energy storage – past, recent progress and future outlook

Michael Hirscher*, Volodymyr A. Yartys, Marcello Baricco, Jose Bellosta von Colbe, Didier Blanchard, Robert C. Bowman, Darren P. Broom, Craig E. Buckley, Fei Chang, Ping Chen, Young Whan Cho, Jean Claude Crivello, Fermin Cuevas, William I.F. David, Petra E. de Jongh, Roman V. Denys, Martin Dornheim, Michael Felderhoff, Yaroslav Filinchuk, George E. FroudakisDavid M. Grant, Evan Mac A. Gray, Bjørn C. Hauback, Teng He, Terry D. Humphries, Torben R. Jensen, Sangryun Kim, Yoshitsugu Kojima, Michel Latroche, Hai Wen Li, Mykhaylo V. Lototskyy, Joshua W. Makepeace, Kasper T. Møller, Lubna Naheed, Peter Ngene, Dag Noréus, Magnus Moe Nygård, Shin ichi Orimo, Mark Paskevicius, Luca Pasquini, Dorthe B. Ravnsbæk, M. Veronica Sofianos, Terrence J. Udovic, Tejs Vegge, Gavin S. Walker, Colin J. Webb, Claudia Weidenthaler, Claudia Zlotea

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Abstract

Globally, the accelerating use of renewable energy sources, enabled by increased efficiencies and reduced costs, and driven by the need to mitigate the effects of climate change, has significantly increased research in the areas of renewable energy production, storage, distribution and end-use. Central to this discussion is the use of hydrogen, as a clean, efficient energy vector for energy storage. This review, by experts of Task 32, “Hydrogen-based Energy Storage” of the International Energy Agency, Hydrogen TCP, reports on the development over the last 6 years of hydrogen storage materials, methods and techniques, including electrochemical and thermal storage systems. An overview is given on the background to the various methods, the current state of development and the future prospects. The following areas are covered; porous materials, liquid hydrogen carriers, complex hydrides, intermetallic hydrides, electrochemical storage of energy, thermal energy storage, hydrogen energy systems and an outlook is presented for future prospects and research on hydrogen-based energy storage.

Original languageEnglish
Article number153548
Number of pages39
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume827
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jun 2020

Funding

VAY is grateful for the support this work has received from the Research Council of Norway (Project 285146 - New IEA Task ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION BASED ON HYDROGEN). Financial support from the EU HORIZON2020 /RISE Program, project HYDRIDE4MOBILITY, is gratefully acknowledged by VAY, JBvC, RVD, MD and MVL. MVL acknowledges financial support from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI; Hydrogen South Africa /HySA Program, projects KP6–S02 and KP6–S03 ), as well as the National Science Foundation (NRF; grant number 109092 ) of Republic of South Africa.

Keywords

  • Complex metal hydrides
  • Electrochemical energy storage
  • Heat storage
  • Hydrogen energy systems
  • Hydrogen storage materials
  • Intermetallic hydrides
  • Liquid hydrogen carriers
  • Low dimensional hydrides
  • Magnesium based materials
  • Porous materials

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