A US agency has a imaginative and prescient to design and develop sturdy and environment friendly solid-state hydrogen storage options that work underneath ambient temperature and low strain.
H2MOF has been based by Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016 for the design and synthesis of synthetic molecular machines, and Professor Omar Yaghi, founding father of Reticular Chemistry and awarded the Albert Einstein Award of Science in 2017.
“Hydrogen gas has the very best power density amongst all flamable fuels; on the similar time, it has zero emissions”, mentioned Sir Fraser Stoddart. He added: “these causes are amongst the important thing drivers towards contemplating hydrogen power as the only option for a sustainable and clear future for humankind”.
At this time, storing hydrogen usually entails compressing or liquefying it by cooling it down. These conversions use a big quantity of power and due to this fact are inefficient and costly. H2MOF takes a distinct method, “capitalizing on a long time of discoveries and development in reticular chemistry and synthetic molecular equipment to develop novel supplies designed with atomic precision to deal with the difficult properties of hydrogen molecules”.
“Hydrogen is probably the most plentiful component within the universe. It’s the lightest component, and due to this fact it is rather difficult to retailer and transport in an environment friendly and protected approach”, says Professor Omar Yaghi, co-founder of H2MOF, who continues: “Over the previous 20 years, I’ve been engaged on enhancing the effectivity of hydrogen storage supplies based mostly on reticular chemistry, and we’ve made numerous progress.”
Reticular chemistry, and particularly MOF know-how, has acquired vast curiosity and recognition worldwide as a promising know-how for fixing the hydrogen storage problem. The US Division of Power listed MOF know-how as a number one know-how candidate to resolve the hydrogen storage problem. There are additionally a number of analysis packages that embody consortiums from a number of respected analysis establishments from a number of European nations, funded by the EU, that target MOF know-how to develop extra environment friendly hydrogen storage options.
Dr. Samer Taha, CEO of H2MOF elaborates: “Our know-how goals at considerably slicing the power penalty related to storing hydrogen utilizing high-pressure tanks or related to liquefying hydrogen. Our know-how roadmap targets the event of hydrogen storage options that may obtain excessive storage density at ambient temperature and at pressures as little as 20 bar, which is lower than 3% of the strain of a few of the high-pressure 700-bar hydrogen storage tanks used within the business at this time.” Dr. Taha added that “our know-how depends on our novel materials that draws hydrogen molecules in the direction of the nano-scale cavities of the fabric. This bonding then retains the hydrogen molecules contained in the novel materials whereas additionally permitting for his or her environment friendly launch when required.”
H2MOF is presently engaged on the optimization and scaling of the novel materials and on the combination of its hydrogen storage answer. In the end, the product choices will probably be focusing on a number of software areas together with long-term storage of hydrogen, storage of hydrogen throughout long-distance transportation, and – when used as a gas for transportation – options for varied technique of transportation similar to light-duty autos, heavy obligation vehicles, trains, ships, and airplanes.
