Hydrogen storage nanotubes

Chen, J. and F. Wu, Review of hydrogen storage in inorganic fullerene-like nanotubes. Appl. Phys. A, 78, 989-994, 2004. 

Other options such as carbon nanotubes and conformable materials are being researched for hydrogen storage [43,44]. These are funded through the DOE hydrogen storage program however, the commercial applicability of these options are at least 10 years away. 

This chapter describes the storage of hydrogen in several forms of carbon, ranging from amorphous activated carbon (AC) to the ordered forms such as graphite and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Carbon materials can be utilized for hydrogen storage in the following different ways ... 

Hou et al. [73] considered small "carbon islands" as the main hydrogen-adsorption sites in an MWNT. The hydrogen-storage capacity of a CNT varies widely and the reason for such a variation is not clear, possibly caused by the impurity such as metal catalysts or amorphous carbon. It is not clear yet how the metallic catalyst particles, which are used during the preparation of nanotube samples, affect the hydrogen-storage capacity of nanotubes. 

Yang, R.T., Hydrogen storage by alkali-doped carbon nanotubes. Carbon 38(4), 623-626, 2000. 

S. Maruyama (2002) Hydrogen storage by carbon nanotube (in Japanese). Oyo butsuri, 71 323-326... 

There has also been work with hydrogen storage in buckyballs or carbon nanotubes. These are microscopic structures fashioned out of carbon. This research indicates a potential storage technique using a combination of chemical and physical containment at very high temperature... 

Yoo E, Habe T, Nakamura J (2005). Possibilities of atomic hydrogen storage by carbon nanotubes or graphite materials. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 6 615-619. 

Another technology being pursued in the search for high-capacity hydrogen storage media is that of carbon nanotubes. Since their discovery in 1991 by Sumio... 

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