2008 Annual Merit Review Proceedings

Hydrogen Storage

These presentations and posters from the Hydrogen Storage session at the Annual Merit Review in June 2008 are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs.

Hydrogen Storage Presentations

  1. Storage Testing, Safety and Analysis
  2. Chemical Hydrogen Center of Excellence
  3. New Materials – Independent Projects
  4. Sorbents – Independent Projects
  5. Sorption Center of Excellence
  6. Test/Analysis
  7. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence

Hydrogen Storage Sub–Program Overview (PDF 1.9 MB), Sunita Satyapal, U.S. Department of Energy

A. Storage Testing, Safety and Analysis

  1. Analyses of Hydrogen Storage Materials and On–Board Systems (PDF 447 KB), Stephen Lasher, TIAX
  2. System Level Analysis of Hydrogen Storage Options (PDF 765 KB), Rajesh Ahluwalia, Argonne National Laboratory
  3. Best Practices for Characterizing Hydrogen Storage Properties of Materials (PDF 2.4 MB), Karl Gross, H2 Technology Consulting
  4. Fundamental Reactivity Testing and Analysis of Hydrogen Storage Materials & Systems (PDF 1.3 MB), Don Anton, Savannah River National Laboratory
  5. Quantifying & Addressing the DOE Material Reactivity Requirements with Analysis & Testing of Hydrogen Storage Materials & Systems (PDF 1.2 MB), Dan Mosher, United Technologies Research Center
  6. Chemical and Environmental Reactivity Properties of Metal Hydrides within the Context of Systems (PDF 1.9 MB), Dan Dedrick, Sandia-Livermore

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B. Chemical Hydrogen Center of Excellence

  1. 2008 Overview — DOE Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence (PDF 674 KB), Kevin Ott, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  2. PNNL Progress as Part of the Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence (PDF 797 KB), Chris Aardahl, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  3. Chemical Hydrogen Storage R&D at Los Alamos National Laboratory (PDF 1.4 MB), Anthony Burrell, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  4. Amineborane–Based Chemical Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.0 MB), Larry Sneddon, U of Penn.
  5. Low–Cost Precursors to Novel Hydrogen Storage Materials (PDF 454 KB), Suzanne Linehan, Rohm and Haas
  6. Main Group Element and Organic Chemistry for Hydrogen Storage and Activation (PDF 728 KB), David Dixon, The University of Alabama
  7. Solutions for Chemical Hydrogen Storage: Dehydrogenation of B–N Bonds (PDF 375 KB), Karen Goldberg, U of Washington
  8. Chemical Hydrogen Storage using Ultra–High Surface Area Main Group Materials & The Development of Efficient Amine–Borane Regeneration Cycles (PDF 368 KB), Philip Power, UC Davis

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C. New Materials – Independent Projectss

  1. Effects and Mechanisms of Mechanical Activation on Hydrogen Sorption/Desorption of Nanoscale Lithium Nitrides (PDF 1.9 MB), Leon Shaw, U of Connecticut
  2. Hydrogen Storage in Metal–Organic Frameworks (PDF 4.3 MB), Omar Yaghi, UCLA

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D. Sorbents – Independent Projects

  1. Carbide–Derived Carbons with Tunable Porosity Optimized for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 700 KB), Jack Fischer, U of Penn./Drexel Univ.
  2. Hydrogen Storage Materials with Binding Intermediate between Physisorption and Chemisorption (PDF 2.2 MB), Juergan Eckert, UC-Santa Barbara
  3. A Synergistic Approach to the Development of New Hydrogen Storage Materials, Part I (PDF 1.3 MB), Jeffrey Long, UC Berkeley/LBNL

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E. Sorption Center of Excellence

  1. Overview of the DOE Hydrogen Sorption Center of Excellence (PDF 1.4 MB), Mike Heben, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  2. A Biomimetic Approach to Metal–Organic Organic Frameworks with High H2 Uptake (PDF 2.5 MB), Joe Zhou, Miami Univ.–Ohio
  3. Hydrogen Storage by Spillover (PDF 1.0 MB), Ralph Yang, U of Michigan
  4. Optimization of Nano–Carbon Materials for Hydrogen Sorption (PDF 2.7 MB), Boris Yakobson, Rice University
  5. NREL Research as Part of the Hydrogen Sorption Center of Excellence (PDF 978 KB), Anne Dillon, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  6. Single–Walled Carbon Nanohorns for Hydrogen Storage and Catalyst Supports (PDF 3.1 MB), David Geohegan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  7. Hydrogen Storage through Nanostructured Polymeric Materials (PDF 1.4 MB), D.J. Liu, Argonne National Laboratory
  8. Enabling Discovery of Materials With a Practical Heat of H2 Adsorption (PDF 1.0 MB), Alan Cooper, Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
  9. Enhanced Hydrogen Dipole Physisorption: Henry's Law and Isosteric Heats in Microporous Sorbents (PDF 994 KB), Channing Ahn, CalTech
  10. Carbon Aerogels for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.4 MB), Ted Baumann, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  11. Characterization of Hydrogen Adsorption by NMR (PDF 727 KB), Yue Wu, U of North Carolina

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F. Test/Analysis

  1. National Testing Laboratory for Solid–State Hydrogen Storage Technologies (PDF 2.1 MB), Michael Miller, SwRI

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G. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence

  1. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence (PDF 673 KB), Lennie Klebanoff, Sandia National Laboratories
  2. Thermodynamically Tuned Nanophase Materials for Reversible Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.2 MB), Ping Liu, HRL Laboratories
  3. Chemical Vapor Synthesis and Discovery of H2 Storage Materials: Li–Al–Mg–N–H System (PDF 1.9 MB), Zak Fang, Univ. of Utah
  4. Reversible Hydrogen Storage Materials – Structure, Chemistry and Electronic Structure (PDF 1.0 MB), Ian Robertson, U of Illinois
  5. First–Principles Modeling of Hydrogen Storage in Metal Hydride Systems (PDF 830 KB), Karl Johnson, Univ. of Pittsburgh/Georgia Tech
  6. Development and Evaluation of Advanced Hydride Systems for Reversible Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.1 MB), Bob Bowman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  7. Metal Borohydrides and Aluminum Hydrides (PDF 637 KB), Gilbert Brown, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  8. Discovery and Development of Metal Hydrides for Reversible On–board Storage (PDF 1.1 MB), Ewa Ronnebro, Sandia National Laboratories
  9. Effect of Trace Elements on Long–Term Cycling and Aging Properties of Complex Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.5 MB), Dhanesh Chandra, University of Nevada, Reno
  10. Fundamental Studies of Advanced High–Capacity, Reversible Metal Hydrides (PDF 1.2 MB), Craig Jensen, Univ. of Hawaii
  11. Aluminum Hydride Regeneration (PDF 1.1 MB), Jason Graetz, Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Hydrogen Storage Posters

  1. Chemical Hydrogen Center of Excellence
  2. Chemical Hydrogen Storage — Independent Projects
  3. Sorption Center of Excellence
  4. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence
  5. Metal Hydrides – Independent Projects
  6. New Materials
  7. Sorbent – Independent Projects
  8. Tanks
  9. Cross–cutting

A. Chemical Hydrogen Center of Excellence

  1. PNNL Progress as part of the Chemical Hydrogen CoE (PDF 791 KB), Chris Aardahl, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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B. Chemical Hydrogen Storage – Independent Projects

  1. Purdue Hydrogen Systems Laboratory (PDF 835 KB), Jay Gore, Purdue University
  2. Development of Regenerable, High–Capacity Boron Nitrogen Hydrides For Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.0 MB), Ashok Damle, RTI International
  3. Hydrogen Storage by Reversible Hydrogenation of Liquid–phase Hydrogen Carriers (PDF 180 KB), Alan Cooper, Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

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C. Sorption Center of Excellence

  1. Neutron Characterization in Support of the Hydrogen Sorption Center of Excellence (PDF 1.5 MB), Dan Neumann, NIST
  2. Optimizing the Binding Energy of Hydrogen on Nanostructured Carbon Materials through Structure Control and Chemical Doping (PDF 959 KB), Jie Liu, Duke University
  3. Advanced Boron and Metal Loaded High Porosity Carbons (PDF 917 KB), Mike Chung, Pennsylvania State
  4. Nanoengineering the Forces of Attraction in a Metal–Carbon Array for H2 Uptake at Ambient Temperatures (PDF 1.9 MB), Carter Kittrel, Rice U.

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D. Metal Hydride Center of Excellence

  1. Neutron Characterization and Calphad in Support of the Metal Hydride Center of Excellence (PDF 1.8 MB), Terry Udovic, NIST
  2. Catalyzed Nano–Framework Stabilized High Density Reversible Hydrogen Storage Systems (PDF 2.6 MB), Sarah Arsenault, United Technologies Research Center
  3. High Throughput Combinatorial Chemistry Development of Complex Hydrides (PDF 2.1 MB), Darshan Kundaliya, Intematix
  4. Thermodynamically Tuned Nanophase Materials for Reversible Hydrogen Storage: Structure & Kinetics of Nanoparticle and Model System Materials (PDF 1.6 MB), Bruce Clemens, Stanford U
  5. Electrochemical Reversible Formation of Alane (PDF 1.1 MB), Ragaiy Zidan, Savannah River National Laboratory
  6. Engineering Tasks for the MHCOE (PDF 607 KB), Don Anton, Savannah River National Laboratory
  7. Synthesis of Nanophase Materials for Thermodynamically Tuned Reversible Hydrogen Storage (PDF 1.7 MB), Channing Ahn, California Institute of Technology
  8. Lightweight Intermetallics for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 692 KB), J.C. Zhao, The Ohio State University

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E. Metal Hydrides – Independent Projects

  1. Discovery of Novel Complex Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage through Molecular Modeling and Combinatorial Methods (PDF 543 KB), Greg Lewis, UOP
  2. Center for Hydrogen Storage Research at Delaware State University (PDF 473 KB), Andrew Goudy, Delaware State University

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F. New Materials

  1. Novel Metal Perhydrides for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 454 KB), Jim Hwang, Michigan Tech Univ.
  2. Glass Microspheres for Hydrogen Storage (PDF 533 KB), Jim Shelby, Alfred University

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G. Sorbent – Independent Projects

  1. Electron–Charged Graphite–Based Hydrogen Storage Material (PDF 628 KB), Chinbay Fan, Gas Technology Institute
  2. Polymer–Based Activated Carbon Nanostructures for H2 Storage (PDF 592 KB), Israel Cabasso, State University of New York

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H. Tanks

  1. H2 Tank Manufacturing Optimization (PDF 515 KB), Carter Liu, Quantum Technologies

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I. Cross–cutting

  1. Hydrogen Storage Research (PDF 5.2 MB), Lee Stefanakos, U of South Florida
  2. An Integrated Approach for Hydrogen Production and Storage in Complex Hydrides of Transitional Elements (PDF 1.1 MB), Abhijit Bhattacharyya, U of Arkansas
  3. Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Storage Technology Project (PDF 4.4 MB), Clemens Heske, UNLV
  4. A Cassette Based System for Hydrogen Storage and Delivery (PDF 2.5 MB), Scott Redmond, Limnia (formerly FST)

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To locate posters and presentations from other meeting sessions, go to the main page of the 2008 Annual Merit Review Proceedings.