Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 2: Applications

Comprehensively describes the applications of the most important group of hydrogen storage materials: metal hydrides. The book is one of a pair of companion volumes, with the other being Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 1: Fundamentals. In Volume 2, an international team of renowned experts explores the applications of solid state materials for hydrogen storage. The content covers mechanochemical synthesis processes in metal-hydrogen systems; multiscale property manipulation of advanced functional materials by gas-solid reactions; thin-film metal hydrides; metal hydrides studied by synchrotron XRD and total scattering; neutron diffraction studies of metal-hydrogen systems; hydrogen storage systems; metal hydride hydrogen compressors; hydride-based thermal energy storage; hydrogen generation by hydrolysis process; metal hydrides as negative electrodes of rechargeable batteries; boron-based hydrides as solid electrolytes used in all-solid batteries; and the future outlook of progress in hydrogen storage materials and technologies.

- Covers fundamental aspects of the 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 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