ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN STORAGE

A, VISINTIN; C. WANG,; M. P. SORIAGA

“Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology”

Año: 2008;

The use of hydride-forming metal alloys as hydrogen storage materials offers to provide high volumetric energy densities comparable to that of liquid hydrogen. Nickel-metal hydride (Ni/MH) batteries employ this type of metal alloy electrode for advanced electricity storage systems in electric vehicles. Advances in the compositional design of different alloy electrodes for use in Ni/MH batteries are described in this manuscript. A report is included on the physicochemical properties of these electrochemical hydrogen-sto rage materials and their application to hybrid cars.