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Hydrogen gas storage tank

US11262025B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Soo Kim · Cambridge, US
Jonathan Mailoa · Cambridge, US
Anika Marusczyk · Stuttgart, DE
Matthias Kuntz · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
Friedrich Muehleder · Rochlitz, DE
Nathan Craig · Santa Clara, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 6, 2019
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/50
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydrogen gas storage tank includes a body including a steel bulk region and a passivating metal oxide layer adjacent to the steel bulk region, the oxide layer comprising a number of metal oxide molecules, all having a morphology, wherein at least about 51 wt. % of the number of metal oxide molecules are Fe2O3 molecules having morphologies of (012), (001), and/or (110) surface facets such that the oxide layer is configured to lower hydrogen adsorption into the steel bulk region by at least 25% compared to a steel bulk region free from the passivating metal oxide layer.

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