Metal Hydrogen Systems: Fundamental Properties and Current Applications for Energy Storage and Conversion
A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 33921
Special Issue Editor
2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Retired), Pasadena, CA, USA
3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Retired), Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Interests: metal-hydrogen systems; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; hydrogen storage and energy conversion materials; isotope effects; reaction mechanisms of metal hydrides; kinetics and diffusion properties
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
The reactions of metals, alloys, and intermetallics with hydrogen either directly or electrochemically lead to a plethora of interesting and useful materials called metal hydrides. Not only do metal hydrides exhibit fascinating intrinsic behavior with respect to their phase transitions, diffusion processes, and crystal structure transformations, but they also have been extensively utilized in the chemical and nuclear industries as well as in numerous niche applications for decades due to their unique chemistries and physical properties. With the advent of increasing reliance on hydrogen fuel cells for environmentally cleaner transportation and stationary energy storage systems along with development of diverse thermal energy and electrochemical devices including advanced batteries, hydrides will continue to be major contributors to these technologies and their supporting infrastructures in the future.
You are invited to submit manuscripts that report original research results or provide insightful reviews on the properties and applications for all varieties of metal-hydrogen materials. Fundamental aspects related to reaction mechanisms and the roles of catalysts and nanoconfinement evaluated via theoretical and experimental approaches as well as the description and modelling of the diverse range of hydrides in energy storage and conversion technologies are welcome.
Dr. Robert C. Bowman, Jr.
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal hydrides
- complex and ionic hydrides
- hydrogen storage and compression
- hydrides for rechargeable batteries (solid electrolytes and electrodes)
- catalysts and reaction mechanisms
- hydrides of high-entropy alloys
- nanocomposite and confined hydride systems
- engineering applications of hydrides
- modelling and simulations
- energy storage and conversion
- hydrogen infrastructure
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