Hydrogen Storage Alloys: State of the Art
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 18
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solid state hydrogen storage materials; light alloys applications; light alloy surface treatment; metallic hydrides; magnesium compound nanoparticles
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global effects of climate change have instigated the search for new sources of clean energy so an affordable and fair energy transition can be achieved. Hydrogen has emerged as a very feasible solution to this goal; however, one of the biggest challenges in making hydrogen a real solution as a clean energy source is developing a safe, practical and cost-effective method to store it in its gas form. Solid-state storage has been identified as a very promising solution for this and various materials are being studied to comply with the requirements proposed by different energy agencies around the world. Within these materials, several metallic alloys have shown the potential to efficiently store hydrogen, but limitations regarding thermodynamics, kinetics, storage capacity, activation and reversibility of the absorption/desorption process still require much further research; consequently, the scientific community in this field has seen vast global growth in recent decades.
This Special Issue focuses on improvements related to state-of-the-art hydrogen storage alloys. Contributions may include, but are not limited to, the simulation, synthesis, fabrication, structure, properties, performance and technological application of these alloys. Both original research papers and review articles are welcome in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Félix Echeverría
Prof. Dr. Esteban Correa Bedoya
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogen storage capacity
- solid-state hydrogen storage
- metallic alloys
- absorption/desorption kinetics
- absorption/desorption thermodynamics
- hydrogen storage battery
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