Novel Hydrogen Storage Materials and Their Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 162
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Interests: STEM; hydrides; hydrogen storage and compression; nanocomposite intermetallics in polymer matrices; CFD modeling; permanent magnetic materials; carbon dioxide transport and capture; thermoelectrics; hydrogen&fuel cells; electrolyzers
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Dear Colleagues,
Climate change, the depletion and geographical segregation of fossil fuel resources, health-related issues and energy poverty are the forces driving the pursuit of alternative energy sources. In addition, countries with no access to oil reserves are dependent on other countries for their energy supply, which has a strong impact on both politics and financial issues. Apart from occasional financial recessions, the long-term need for increasing amounts of energy as countries develop will become a major rate-limiting step in the growth of the world economy in the future.
Efficient hydrogen storage remains one of the central bottlenecks in the large-scale deployment of hydrogen-based energy systems. Although compressed gas and cryogenic liquid storage are technologically mature, they present challenges in energy density, safety, cost, and infrastructure compatibility. Consequently, significant research has focused on novel solid-state hydrogen storage materials capable of achieving high gravimetric and volumetric capacities under moderate thermodynamic conditions.
This Special Issue will address advanced material classes such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), complex metal hydrides, magnesium-based hydrides, and liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs), as well as emerging nanostructured and hybrid systems, system-level integration, and nuclear metal hydrides. It will focus on applications in the following domains:
Transportation
- Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs);
- Heavy-duty trucks and maritime transport;
- Aviation (cryogenic hybrid systems).
Grid-Scale Storage
- Power-to-gas systems;
- Renewable energy buffering;
- Seasonal storage.
Aerospace
- Lightweight cryo-adsorptive materials;
- Hybrid LH2/MOF systems.
Portable Power
- Micro-hydride cartridges;
- Military and remote applications.
Outlook and Research Directions
Future breakthroughs will likely emerge from:
- Multiscale materials engineering;
- Catalytic pathway optimization;
- AI-guided materials discovery;
- Scalable green synthesis routes;
- Integrated material–tank co-design.
Meeting DOE targets for hydrogen storage requires balancing thermodynamics, kinetics, durability, safety, and cost simultaneously—a multidimensional optimization problem demanding interdisciplinary collaboration.
Dr. Sofoklis Makridis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hydrogen storage
- solid-state hydrogen storage
- hydrogen energy
- energy materials
- clean energy technologies
- decarbonization
- energy transition
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