Functional materials based on metal hydrides / / edited by Torben R. Jensen [and three others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Jensen, Torben R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (180 pages)

Our extreme and growing energy consumption, based on fossil fuels, has significantly increased the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which may lead to global and irreversible climate changes. We have plenty of renewable energy, e.g., sun and wind, but the fluctuations over time and geography call for a range of new ideas and, possibly, novel technologies. The most difficult challenge appears to be the development of the efficient and reliable storage of renewable energy. Hydrogen has long been considered as a potential means of energy storage; however, storage of hydrogen is also challenging. Therefore, a wide range of hydrogen-containing materials, with energy-related functions, has been discovered over the past few decades. The chemistry of hydrogen is very diverse, and so also are the new hydrides that have been discovered, not only in terms of structure and composition but also in terms of their properties. This has led to a wide range of new possible applications of metal hydrides that permeate beyond solid-state hydrogen storage. A variety of new hydrides, proposed as battery materials, has been discovered. These can exploit properties as fast ion conductors or as conversion-type electrodes with much higher potential energy capacities, compared to materials currently used in commercial batteries. Solar heat storage is also an area of great potential for metal hydrides, in principle offering orders of magnitude better storage performance than phase change materials. Recently, hydrides with optical and superconducting properties have also been investigated. This Special Issue of Inorganics, entitled "Functional Materials Based on Metal Hydrides", is dedicated to the full range of emerging electronic, photonic, and energy-related, inorganic, hydrogen-containing materials.

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About the Special Issue Editors -- Hai-Wen Li, Min Zhu, Craig Buckley and Torben R. Jensen Functional Materials Based on Metal Hydrides, Reprinted from: Inorganics 2018, 6, 91, doi: 10.3390/inorganics6030091 -- Julián Puszkiel, Sebastiano Garroni, Chiara Milanese, Fabiana Gennari, Thomas Klassen, Martin Dornheim and Claudio Pistidda Tetrahydroborates: Development and Potential as Hydrogen Storage Medium Reprinted from: Inorganics 2017, 5, 74, doi: 10.3390/inorganics5040074 -- Juan Luis Carrillo-Bucio, Juan Rogelio Tena-García and Karina Suárez-Alcántara Dehydrogenation of Surface-Oxidized Mixtures of 2LIBH + Al/Additives (TiF3 or CeO2), Reprinted from: Inorganics 2017, 5, 82, doi: 10.3390/inorganics5040082 -- Yuki Nakagawa, Shigehito Isobe, Takao Ohki and Naoyuki Hashimoto Unique Hydrogen Desorption Properties of LIAIH,/h-BN Composites, Reprinted from: Inorganics 2017, 5, 71, doi: 10.3390/inorganics5040071 -- Liuzhang Ouyang, Hao Zhong, Hai-Wen Li and Min Zhu A Recycling Hydrogen Supply System of NaBH, Based on a Facile Regeneration Process: A Review Reprinted from: Inorganics 2018, 6, 10, doi: 10.3390/inorganics6010010 -- Michael Heere, Seyed Hosein Payandeh Gharib Doust, Matteo Brighi, Christoph Frommen, Magnus H. Sørby, Radovan Cerný, Torben R. Jensen and Bjørn C. Hauback Hydrogen Sorption in Erbium Borohydride Composite Mixtures with LIBH, and/or LiH Reprinted from: Inorganics 2017, 5, 31, doi: 10.3390/inorganics5020031 -- Guanqiao Li, Motoaki Matsuo, Shigeyuki Takagi, Anna-Lisa Chaudhary, Toyoto Sato, Martin Dornheim and Shin-ichi Orimo Thermodynamic Properties and Reversible Hydrogenation of LIBH.-Mg2FeH6 Composite Materials, Reprinted from: Inorganics 2017, 5, 81, doi: 10.3390/inorganics5040081 -- Priscilla Huen, Mark Paskevicius, Bo Richter, Dorthe B. Ravnsbæk and Torben R. Jensen Hydrogen Storage Stability of Nanoconfined MgH2 upon Cycling Reprinted from: Inorganics 2017, 5, 57, doi: 10.3390/inorganics5030057 -- Nicola Patelli, Marco Calizzi and Luca Pasquini Interface Enthalpy-Entropy Competition in Nanoscale Metal Hydrides Reprinted from: Inorganics 2018, 6, 13, doi: 10.3390/inorganics6010013 -- Lei Wang and Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou Synthesis of LiAlH, Nanoparticles Leading to a Single Hydrogen Release Step upon Ti Coating Reprinted from: Inorganics 2017, 5, 38, doi: 10.3390/inorganics5020038 -- Salma Sleiman and Jacques Huot Microstructure and Hydrogen Storage Properties of TiVoCr11 Alloy with Addition of x wt % Zr (x=0, 2, 4, 8, and 12), Reprinted from: Inorganics 2017, 5, 86, doi: 10.3390/inorganics5040086 -- Shuo Yang, Hui Wang, Liuzhang Ouyang, Jiangwen Liu and Min Zhu Improvement in the Electrochemical Lithium Storage Performance of MgH2, Reprinted from: Inorganics 2018, 6, 2, doi: 10.3390/inorganics6010002 -- Jason A. Weeks, Spencer C. Tinkey, Patrick A. Ward, Robert Lascola, Ragaiy Zidan and Joseph A. Teprovich Jr. Investigation of the Reversible Lithiation of an Oxide Free Aluminum Anode by a LIBH, Solid State Electrolyte, Reprinted from: Inorganics 2017, 5, 83, doi: 10.3390/inorganics5040083 -- Marina Chong, Tom Autrey and Craig M. Jensen Lewis Base Complexes of Magnesium Borohydride: Enhanced Kinetics and Product Selectivity upon Hydrogen Release Reprinted from: Inorganics 2017, 5, 89, doi: 10.3390/inorganics5040089.