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2006 Annual Merit Review Proceedings

Hydrogen Storage

These presentations and posters from the hydrogen storage session at the Annual Merit Review May 16-19, 2006 are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Hydrogen Storage Presentations

  1. Metal Hydrides — Independent Projects
  2. Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence
  3. Chemical Hydrogen Storage — Independent Projects
  4. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence
  5. Storage Analysis
  6. Carbon Center of Excellence
  7. New Materials/Concepts

Hydrogen Storage Sub-Program Overview (PDF 483 KB), Sunita Satyapal, DOE

A. Metal Hydrides — Independent Projects

  1. Complex Hydride Compounds with Enhanced Hydrogen Storage Capacity (PDF 881 KB), Susanne Opalka, United Technologies Research Center
  2. Discovery of Novel Complex Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage through Molecular Modeling and Combinatorial Methods (PDF 624 KB), Gregory Lewis, UOP LLC
  3. Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Storage Technology Project at UNLV (PDF 1.0 MB), Clemens Heske, UNLV

B. Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence

  1. DOE Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence: Center Overview & Los Alamos National Laboratory Contributions (PDF 954 KB), Bill Tumas, LANL
  2. DOE Center of Excellence for Chemical Hydrogen Storage: PNNL Progress (PDF 988 KB), Chris Aardahl, PNNL
  3. Amineborane Hydrogen Storage (PDF 791 KB), Larry Sneddon, University of Pennsylvania
  4. Solutions for Chemical Hydrogen Storage: Hydrogenation/Dehydrogenation of B-N Bonds (PDF 518 KB), Michael Heinekey, University of Washington
  5. Chemical Hydrogen Storage Using Polyhedral Borane Anion Salts (PDF 561 KB), Fred Hawthorne, UCLA
  6. Novel Approaches to Hydrogen Storage: Conversion of Borates to Boron Hydrides (PDF 357 KB), Suzanne Linehan, Rohm and Haas Company
  7. Development of an Advanced Chemical Hydrogen Storage and Generation System (PDF 471 KB), Ying Wu, Millennium Cell
  8. Combinatorial Synthesis and High Throughput Screening of Effective Catalysts for Chemical Hydrides (PDF 599 KB), Xiao-Dong Xiang, Intematix Corporation

C. Chemical Hydrogen Storage — Independent Projects

  1. Hydrogen Storage by Reversible Hydrogenation of Liquid-Phase Hydrogen Carriers (PDF 441 KB), Alan Cooper, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

D. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence

  1. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence (PDF 1.3 MB), Lennie Kiebanoff, SNL
  2. Lightweight Intermetallics for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.1 MB), J. C. Zhao, GE Global Research
  3. Synthesis and Characterization of Alanes for Automotive Applications (PDF 1.2 MB), Jason Graetz, BNL
  4. Thermodynamically Tuned Nanophase Materials for Reversible Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.3 MB), Gregory Olson, HRL Laboratories
  5. Development and Evaluation of Advanced Hydride Systems for Reversible Hydrogen Storage (PDF 789 KB), Robert Bowman, JPL
  6. Reversible Hydrogen Storage Materials — Structure, Chemistry and Electronic Structure (PDF 2.1 MB), Ian Robertson, University of Illinois

E. Storage Analysis

  1. System Level Analysis of Hydrogen Storage Options (PDF 680 KB), Rajesh Ahluwalia, ANL
  2. Analyses of Hydrogen Storage Materials and On-Board Systems (PDF 1.1 MB), Stephen Lasher, TIAX LLC

F. Carbon Center of Excellence

  1. DOE Carbon-Based Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence: Center Highlights and NREL Activities (PDF 2.5 MB), Mike Heben, NREL
  2. Enabling Discovery of Materials with a Suitable Heat of H2 Adsorption (PDF 1.4 MB), Alan Cooper, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
  3. Neutron Characterization in Support of the Carbon and Metal Hydride Centers of Excellence (PDF 976 KB), Dan Neumann, NIST
  4. Cloning Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.2 MB), James Tour, Rice University
  5. Advanced Boron and Metal Loaded High Porosity Carbons (PDF 1.2 MB), Peter Eklund, Penn. State
  6. Hydrogen Storage by Spillover (PDF 450 KB), Ralph Yang, University of Michigan

G. New Materials/Concepts

  1. Carbide-Derived Carbons with Tunable Porosity Optimized for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 607 KB), John Fischer, University of Pennsylvania/Drexel University
  2. Hydrogen Storage in Metal-Organic Frameworks (PDF 3.4 MB), Omar Yaghi, UCLA

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Hydrogen Storage Posters

  1. Compressed and Cryogenic Tanks
  2. Metal Hydrides — Independent Projects
  3. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence
  4. Carbon — Independent Projects
  5. Carbon Center of Excellence
  6. Chemical Hydrogen Storage — Independent Projects
  7. Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence
  8. Testing and Analysis — Independent Projects
  9. New Materials — Independent Projects
  10. Cross-Cutting Projects

A. Compressed and Cryogenic Tanks

  1. Low Cost, High Efficiency, High Pressure Hydrogen Storage (PDF 442 KB), Jui Ko, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
  2. Advanced Concepts for Containment of Hydrogen and Hydrogen Storage Materials (PDF 2.7 MB), Andrew Weisbert, LLNL

B. Metal Hydrides — Independent Projects

  1. High Density Hydrogen Storage System Demonstration Using NaAlH4 Complex Compound Hydrides (PDF 1.7 MB), Dan Mosher, UTRC
  2. Effects and Mechanisms of Mechanical Activation on Hydrogen Sorption/Desorption of Nanoscale Lithium Nitrides (PDF 1.8 MB), Leon Shaw, University of Connecticut
  3. First-Principles Computational Search for Reversible Room-Temperature Hydrides (PDF 618 KB), Vidvuds Ozolins, UCLA

C. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence

  1. First-Principles Modeling of Hydrogen Storage in Metal Hydride Systems (PDF 1.8 MB), Karl Johnson, University of Pittsburgh
  2. Hydrogen Storage Materials and Systems Development (PDF 614 KB), Don Anton, SRNL
  3. Thermodynamically Tuned Nanophase Materials for Reversible Hydrogen Storage: Structure and Kinetics of Nanoparticle and Model System Materials (PDF 734 KB), Bruce Clemens, Stanford University
  4. Fundamental Studies of Advanced High-Capacity, Reversible Metal Hydrides (PDF 1.1 MB), Craig Jensen, University of Hawaii
  5. High Throughput Combinatorial Chemistry Development of Complex Hydrides (PDF 242 KB), Guanghui Zhu, Intematix Corporation
  6. Synthesis of Nanophase Materials for Thermodynamically Tuned Reversible Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.4 MB), Channing Ahn, California Institute of Technology
  7. Effect of Trace Elements on Long-Term Cycling and Aging Properties of Complex Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 993 KB), Dhanesh Chandra, University of Nevada, Reno
  8. Synthesis and Discovery of Nanocrystalline Reversible Hydrides (PDF 811 KB), Zak Fang, University of Utah
  9. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence (PDF 482 KB), Lennie Kiebanoff, Sandia-Livermore
  10. Hydrogen Storage Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (PDF 3.47 MB), Gilbert Brown, ORNL

D. Carbon — Independent Projects

  1. Electron-Charged Graphite-Based Hydrogen Storage Material (PDF 1.2 MB), Chinbay Fan, Gas Technology Institute
  2. Nanostructured Activated Carbon for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 856 KB), Israel Cabasso, State University of New York
  3. Conducting Polymers as New Materials for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 394 KB), Alan MacDiarmid, University of Pennyslvania
  4. Enhanced Hydrogen Dipole Physisorption (PDF 479 KB), Channing Ahn, California Institute of Technology
  5. Theoretical Models of H2-SWNT Systems for Hydrogen Storage and Optimization of SWNT Production (PDF 1.7 MB), Boris Yakobsen, Rice University
  6. Characterization of Hydrogen Adsorption by NMR (PDF 926 KB), Yue Wu, University of North Carolina
  7. Synthesis of Small Diameter Carbon Nanotubes and Mesoporous Carbon Materials for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.61 MB), Jie Liu, Duke University

E. Carbon Center of Excellence

  1. DOE Carbon-Based Materials Center of Excellence: Overview and NREL Activities (PDF 2.5 MB), Lin Simpson, NREL
  2. Metal-Doped Carbon Aerogels for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 714 KB), Ted Baumann, LLNL

F. Chemical Hydrogen Storage — Independent Projects

  1. Development of Regenerable, High-Capacity Boron Nitrogen Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 618 KB), Ashok, Damle, RTI International
  2. Process for the Regeneration of Sodium Borate to Sodium Borohydride (PDF 1.1 MB), Ying Wu, Millenium Cell, Inc.

G. Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence

  1. Chemical Hydride Slurry for Hydrogen Production and Storage (PDF 287 KB), Andrew McClaine, Safe Hydrogen, LLC
  2. Electrochemical Hydrogen Storage Systems (PDF 819 KB), Digby Macdonald, Pennsylvania State University
  3. Chemical Hydrogen Storage Using Ultra-High Surface Area Main Group Elements (PDF 1.4 MB), Philip Power, UC Davis
  4. Main Group Element and Organic Chemistry for Hydrogen Storage and Activation (PDF 1.0 MB), Anthony Arduengo, University of Alabama
  5. Safety Analysis and Applied Research on the Use of Borane-Amines for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 153 KB), Clint Lane, Northern Arizona University
  6. DOE Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence (PDF 1.6 MB), Bill Tumas, LANL

H. Testing and Analysis — Independent Projects

  1. National Testing Laboratory for Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Technologies (PDF 948 KB), Michael Miller, SwRI

I. New Materials — Independent Projects

  1. Hydrogen Storage Materials with Binding Intermediate Between Chemisorption and Physisorption (PDF 1.8 MB), Tony Cheetham, UC Santa Barbara
  2. Inorganic Clathrates for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.92 MB), Viktor Struzhkin, Carnegie Institution of Washington
  3. Unexpected Gas Sorption Displayed by Organic Clathrates (PDF 464 KB), Jerry Atwood, University of Missouri-Columbia

J. Cross-Cutting Projects

  1. Advanced Metal Hydrides (PDF 518 KB), Jim Ritter, University of South Carolina
  2. Clean Energy Research Project III: Hydrogen Storage Using Chemical Hydrides (PDF 624 KB), Michael Matthews, University of South Carolina
  3. A Cassette Based System for Hydrogen Storage and Delivery (PDF 836 KB), Wayne Britton, FST Energy
  4. Purdue Hydrogen Technology Program (PDF 628 KB), Jay Gore, Purdue University
  5. Center for Hydrogen Storage Research at Delaware State University (PDF 222 KB), Andrew Goudy, Delaware State University
  6. Hydrogen Storage Research (PDF 1.7 MB), Lee Stefanakos, University of South Florida
  7. Expanding Clean Energy Research and Education Program at the University of South Carolina (PDF 339 KB), Ralph White, University of South Carolina

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