Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 2
Applications
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editor: Volodymyr Yartys
- Language: English
Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 2: Applications comprehensively describes the applications of the most important group of hydrogen storage materi… Read more
Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 2: Applications comprehensively describes the applications of the most important group of hydrogen storage materials: metal hydrides. The book is one of a pair of companion volumes, with the other being Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage, Volume 1: Fundamentals.
In Volume 2, an international team of renowned experts explores the applications of solid state materials for hydrogen storage. The content covers mechanochemical synthesis processes in metal–hydrogen systems; multiscale property manipulation of advanced functional materials by gas–solid reactions; thin-film metal hydrides; metal hydrides studied by synchrotron XRD and total scattering; neutron diffraction studies of metal–hydrogen systems; hydrogen storage systems; metal hydride hydrogen compressors; hydride-based thermal energy storage; hydrogen generation by hydrolysis process; metal hydrides as negative electrodes of rechargeable batteries; boron-based hydrides as solid electrolytes used in all-solid batteries; and the future outlook of progress in hydrogen storage materials and technologies.
In Volume 2, an international team of renowned experts explores the applications of solid state materials for hydrogen storage. The content covers mechanochemical synthesis processes in metal–hydrogen systems; multiscale property manipulation of advanced functional materials by gas–solid reactions; thin-film metal hydrides; metal hydrides studied by synchrotron XRD and total scattering; neutron diffraction studies of metal–hydrogen systems; hydrogen storage systems; metal hydride hydrogen compressors; hydride-based thermal energy storage; hydrogen generation by hydrolysis process; metal hydrides as negative electrodes of rechargeable batteries; boron-based hydrides as solid electrolytes used in all-solid batteries; and the future outlook of progress in hydrogen storage materials and technologies.
- Covers fundamental aspects of the interactions in metal–hydrogen systems by utilizing state-of-the-art computational and experimental studies
- Addresses all major groups of materials for hydrogen storage and generation – binary and ternary hydrides, deuterides and tritides, alanates, complex metal borohydrides, and materials for hydrolysis
- Describes synthesis and characterization techniques that allow researchers to probe the properties of bulk, thin-film, and nanoscale hydrides
- Presents various applications of metal hydrides in hydrogen-based energy systems, including hydrogen and heat storage systems, hydrogen compression, hydrogen generation by hydrolysis, and use of metal hydrides in rechargeable batteries
- Highlights the potential and possibilities offered by the use of metal hydrides in energy applications
- Relevant for researchers and also students looking for a high-level text when studying hydrogen energy, energy storage, hydrogen storage, and materials science
Researchers, engineers, and students working in materials science, renewable energy, electrochemistry, rechargeable batteries, and hydrogen energy
Section I. Hydrides with tailored properties
1. Mechanochemical synthesis processes in metal-hydrogen systems
2. Multiscale property manipulation of advanced functional materials by gas–solid reactions
3. Thin-film hydrides
Section II. Structural characterisation of metal hydrides
4. Metal hydrides studied by synchrotron XRD and total scattering
5. Neutron diffraction studies of metal–hydrogen systems
Section III. Applications of metal hydrides
6. Hydrogen storage systems
7. Metal hydride hydrogen compressors
8. Hydride-based thermal energy storage
9. Hydrogen generation by hydrolysis process
10. Metal hydrides as negative electrodes of rechargeable batteries
11. Boron-based hydrides as solid electrolytes: Towards all-solid batteries
Section IV. Summary and future outlook
12. Future outlook of progress in hydrogen storage materials and technologies
1. Mechanochemical synthesis processes in metal-hydrogen systems
2. Multiscale property manipulation of advanced functional materials by gas–solid reactions
3. Thin-film hydrides
Section II. Structural characterisation of metal hydrides
4. Metal hydrides studied by synchrotron XRD and total scattering
5. Neutron diffraction studies of metal–hydrogen systems
Section III. Applications of metal hydrides
6. Hydrogen storage systems
7. Metal hydride hydrogen compressors
8. Hydride-based thermal energy storage
9. Hydrogen generation by hydrolysis process
10. Metal hydrides as negative electrodes of rechargeable batteries
11. Boron-based hydrides as solid electrolytes: Towards all-solid batteries
Section IV. Summary and future outlook
12. Future outlook of progress in hydrogen storage materials and technologies
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: December 1, 2025
- Language: English
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Volodymyr Yartys
Volodymyr Yartys is a Professor of Materials Science and Hydrogen Technologies at the Norwegian Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway, and Professor Emeritus at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. He is an expert in hydrogen-based energy storage, and his research focuses on nanomaterials for energy storage, rechargeable batteries, hydrogen as an energy carrier and new materials for hydrogen storage and battery applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Materials Science and Hydrogen Technologies, Norwegian Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway and Professor Emeritus, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway