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Energy Storage

Umicore researches easier hydrogen storage

by Alex Scott
April 30, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 16

Umicore and Anglo American have agreed to codevelop platinum-group-metal-based catalysts that would aid storage of hydrogen in fuel-cell vehicles. Such vehicles currently use compressed hydrogen, which requires expensive infrastructure. To enable the use of existing fuel networks, the partners plan to chemically bond hydrogen molecules to a liquid organic carrier that would not require compression. Dehydrogenation using the catalysts would take place on board a vehicle, the partners state.

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