Storing hydrogen in coal may help power clean energy economy

Developing hydrogen storage in coal mining communities could bring new economic opportunities

01-Jun-2023 - The quest to develop hydrogen as a clean energy source that could curb our dependence on fossil fuels may lead to an unexpected place — coal. A team of Penn State scientists found that coal may represent a potential way to store hydrogen gas, much like batteries store energy for future use, ...

New materials for storing flammable industrial gases

26-Apr-2022 - How do I store more, and better? This summarizes the challenge of transporting flammable gases. To ensure industrial safety, these gases must be handled at defined temperature and pressure conditions that do not allow for optimal storage and release cycles. Existing porous materials can ...

First On-chip Nanoscale Optical Quantum Memory Developed

13-Sep-2017 - For the first time, an international team led by engineers at Caltech has developed a computer chip with nanoscale optical quantum memory. Quantum memory stores information in a similar fashion to the way traditional computer memory does, but on individual quantum particles—in this case, photons ...

Grant focuses on 'hydrogen sponge' for use in fuel-cell vehicles

16-Jun-2017 - Finding practical hydrogen storage technologies for vehicles powered by fuel cells is the focus of a $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, awarded to Mike Chung, professor of materials science and engineering, Penn State. Chung's recent research on superabsorbent polymers, which ...

Piggyback battery for microchips

TU Graz researchers develop new battery concept

19-Aug-2016 - Electrochemists at TU Graz have managed to use monocrystalline semiconductor silicon as an active storage electrode in lithium batteries. This enables an integrated power supply to be made for microchips with a rechargeable battery. Small electrical gadgets, such as mobile phones, tablets or ...

New chemistries found for liquid batteries

24-Mar-2016 - Liquid metal batteries, invented by MIT professor Donald Sadoway and his students a decade ago, are a promising candidate for making renewable energy more practical. The batteries, which can store large amounts of energy and thus even out the ups and downs of power production and power use, are ...

Researchers crack 50-year-old nuclear waste problem, make storage safer

18-Mar-2016 - Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have adapted a technology developed for solar energy in order to selectively remove one of the trickiest and most-difficult-to-remove elements in nuclear waste pools across the country, making the storage of nuclear waste safer and ...

Four research groups each receive prize money of €100,000 for innovative battery concepts

BASF announces winners of the open innovation contest on energy storage

26-Nov-2015 - The winners of the BASF Energy Contest were announced at the “Creator SpaceTM Summit” in Ludwigshafen. From 122applications submitted on the online platform NineSights, a jury of BASF experts and external specialists chose the four best proposals which will be funded with €100.000 each. The ...

On the road to ANG vehicles

29-Oct-2015 - With new makes of all-electric and hybrid automobiles seeming to emerge as fast as the colors of fall, it is easy to overlook another alternative to gasoline engines that could prove to be a major player in reduced-carbon transportation - cars powered by natural gas. Natural gas, which consists ...

Live from inside a battery

Researchers observe the phenomenon of "lithium plating" during the charging process

05-Sep-2014 - Lithium-ion batteries are seen as a solution for energy storage of the future and have become indispensible, especially in electromobility. Their key advantage is that they are able to store large amounts of energy but are still comparatively light and compact. However, when metallic lithium ...