REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF

摘要

The invention provides a method of reversibly storing hydrogen at industrially practicable temperature and pressure conditions. A stable hydrogen storage hydride is mixed with a destabilizing hydride. The stable hydride is capable of releasing hydrogen at a first energy level. When the stable hydride is in the presence of the destabilizing hydride, the stable hydride releases hydrogen at a second energy level. The second energy level is significantly reduced from the first energy level. The invention further provides hydrogen storage material systems comprising stable hydrides and destabilizing hydrides.