Hydrogen storage materials

摘要

A hydrogen storage material has been developed that comprises a metal hydride material embedded into a carbon microstructure that generally exhibits a greater bulk thermal conductivity than the surrounding bulk metal hydride material.

主权项

1. A product comprising:
a carbon microstructure comprising an open-cellular framework defined at least in part by a plurality of carbon segments that form repetitive and integrated unit cells such that the carbon microstructure has an open volume in the range of about 70 percent to about 95 percent, and a metal hydride material embedded into the open volume of the carbon microstructure; wherein the carbon microstructure is more thermally conductive than the metal hydride material; and wherein the carbon microstructure is formed from at least 90 weight percent vitreous carbon based on the total weight of the carbon microstructure.