Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 1: Fundamentals

Comprehensively describes the synthesis and rich chemistry of the most important group of hydrogen storage materials: metal hydrides. This book is one of a pair of companion volumes, with the other being Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 2: Applications.

In Volume 1, an international team of renowned experts explores solid state materials for hydrogen storage with storage capacities reaching 18.5 wt. % H. The content covers fundamentals of metal-hydrogen systems, binary and ternary hydrides, metal deuterides and tritides, complex metal aluminium hydrides, complex metal hydridoborates, structural chemistry of metal hydrides, and computational studies of metal-hydrogen systems as hydrogen storage materials.

- Covers fundamental aspects of interactions in metal hydrogen systems by utilizing state-of-the-art computational and experimental studies

- Addresses all major groups of materials for hydrogen storage and generation: binary and ternary hydrides, deuterides and tritides, alanates, complex metal borohydrides, and materials for hydrolysis

- Describes the synthesis and characterization techniques that allow researchers to probe the properties of bulk, thin-film, and nanoscale hydrides

- Presents various applications of metal hydrides in hydrogen-based energy systems, including hydrogen and heat storage systems, hydrogen compression, hydrogen generation by hydrolysis, and use of metal hydrides in rechargeable batteries

- Highlights the potential and possibilities offered by the use of metal hydrides in energy applications

- Relevant for researchers and also students looking for a high-level text when studying hydrogen energy, energy storage, hydrogen storage, and materials science