Ammonia Borane micro-cellulose confinement, a new perspective on solid hydrogen storage

Climate change has shown the need of new and environmentally friendly energy sources, among those energy sources, hydrogen with its high energy contribution (ΔH=120 kJg-1) and its clean combustion reaction with oxygen (2H2 + O2 → 2H2O) could be a promising alternative energy carrier. However, to make hydrogen an effective solution for our energy needs, technologies regarding storage, production and distribution need to be improved to account for many problematics that, as today, still cripple the development and expansion of this energy carrier. In particular storage technologies, based on the utilization of a vessel, are inadequate and often present security issues in various applications. As an alternative storage technology this thesis explored a new confinement method for hydrogen carrier based on the creation of a layered structure in which the carrier is contained by reactive multifuctional materials.