Advances in Hydrogen Storage Materials Research

Dear Colleagues,

Since the 1970s, hydrogen-absorbing alloys, such as AB5, AB2, AB, and so on, have been in focus as hydrogen storage materials in order to realize high volumetric and gravimetric hydrogen media. These alloys, which have difficulty in achieving high gravimetric density of hydrogen, in principle, are not adopted as tank materials for hydrogen-fuel-cell vehicles which have been recently produced. However, inorganic hydrogen storage materials, such as alanate, amide-imide, borohydride, and ammonia borane, which came into use around 2000, and liquid hydrogen storage, such as organic hydrides, annmonia, and formic acid, are being actively researched and developed. Furthermore, it is noteworthy that the development of analytical techniques, such as synchrotron, neutron, TEM, NMR, and XPS, using large facilities, have been especially promoted for research on hydrogen storage materials. This Special Issue is focusing on recent developments towards a higher capacity and higher functionality of such hydrogen storage materials. In addition, we would also pay attention to new analytical methods for materials containing hydrogen. The Guest Editor wishes to receive many interesting and inspiring research papers on these topics.

Prof. Dr. Takayuki Ichikawa
Prof. Dr. Ankur Jain
Guest Editor

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