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Hydrogen storage materials

US8079464B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Jun Yang · Shanghai, CN
Andrea Pulskamp · Plymouth, US
Shinichi Hirano · Yokohama, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 2010
Grant date	Dec 20, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S420/90
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In one embodiment, a hydrogen storage system includes a core of hydrogen sorbent material and a shell of crystalline metal hydride material enclosing at least a portion of the core of hydrogen sorbent material. In another embodiment, the hydrogen storage system further includes an intermediate layer of amorphous metal hydride material, at least a portion of which being positioned between the core of hydrogen sorbent material and the shell of crystalline metal hydride material.

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