TY - JOUR
T1 - The route to a feasible hydrogen-storage material
T2 - MOFs versus ammonia borane
AU - Hügle, Thomas
AU - Hartl, Monika
AU - Lentz, Dieter
PY - 2011/9/5
Y1 - 2011/9/5
N2 - The replacement of fossil fuels is one of the greatest challenges that chemistry and material sciences will have to face in the near future. While hydrogen seems to be the most likely candidate for this, a material able to store the hydrogen itself is sorely needed. Intense research in the past decade has narrowed down the field of possible concepts to two materials: ammonia borane with chemically bound hydrogen atoms and metal-organic frameworks with physisorbed hydrogen molecules. Herein we want to give an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of each concept, discuss the challenges that need to be overcome, and try to compare the future capabilities of these two materials.
AB - The replacement of fossil fuels is one of the greatest challenges that chemistry and material sciences will have to face in the near future. While hydrogen seems to be the most likely candidate for this, a material able to store the hydrogen itself is sorely needed. Intense research in the past decade has narrowed down the field of possible concepts to two materials: ammonia borane with chemically bound hydrogen atoms and metal-organic frameworks with physisorbed hydrogen molecules. Herein we want to give an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of each concept, discuss the challenges that need to be overcome, and try to compare the future capabilities of these two materials.
KW - ammonia borane
KW - hydrogen storage
KW - hydrolysis
KW - metal-organic frameworks
KW - solvolysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052213569&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/chem.201003364
DO - 10.1002/chem.201003364
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:80052213569
SN - 0947-6539
VL - 17
SP - 10184
EP - 10207
JO - Chemistry - A European Journal
JF - Chemistry - A European Journal
IS - 37
ER -