A transition metal amino borohydride material includes a first row transition metal in conjunction with an amine ligand and borohydride, in a condition of having been thermally treated to a temperature of at least 70 C. and up to but not including 800 C. An exemplary such material, Fe(DETA)(BH.sub.4).sub.2 having been heat treated at 300 C., had good hydrogen storage characteristics.

We describe a method of storing a gas, in particular hydrogen, comprising: providing a polymer sponge, wherein said polymer sponge comprises a plurality of catalytic nanoparticles; providing a solution of reactants, catalyzed by said nanoparticles to produce said gas; absorbing said solution into said polymer sponge such that said reactants react within said polymer sponge to produce said gas; wherein said gas is held within said polymer sponge; and wherein said polymer sponge comprises a thermally responsive polymer having a volume which reduces with a change in temperature, such that said gas held within said polymer is extractable by changing a temperature of said polymer sponge.

The disclosure provides for Metal-Organic Frameworks comprising M.sub.2 (m-dobdc)-based cores, and methods of use thereof, including gas separation, gas storage, sensing, and other applications utilizing a high density of exposed metal cation sites.

The invention relates to a process for generating hydrogen, comprising decomposing in a reaction vessel aqueous alkali formate in the presence of a transition metal-containing catalyst system dissolved in one or more organic solvent(s), characterized in that said organic solvent(s) comprise at least one solvent which is water-immiscible, thereby releasing hydrogen and forming bicarbonate in the aqueous phase, and separating the catalyst-containing organic solvent(s) from said bicarbonate. Also disclosed are apparatuses for carrying out hydrogen generation.

This disclosure relates to novel manganese hydrides, processes for their preparation, and their use in hydrogen storage applications. The disclosure also relates to processes for preparing manganese dialkyl compounds having high purity, and their use in the preparation of manganese hydrides having enhance hydrogen storage capacity.

A purpose of the present invention is to provide a pumpless high-pressure hydrogen supply system capable of supplying high-pressure hydrogen to a fuel cell vehicle, etc., when needed without using a compressor or the like, and a method for the system. The present invention relates to a high-pressure hydrogen supply system that obtains a mixed gas of hydrogen and carbon dioxide by dehydrogenation of formic acid using a complex catalyst, separates the hydrogen therefrom, and supplies the hydrogen at a pressure of 5 MPa or more. By obtaining the mixed gas at a pressure of 5 MPa or more by dehydrogenation and cooling the mixed gas by a separator while maintaining this pressure at 0.4 MPa or more, gas components other than hydrogen are phase separated as liquids or solids and removed. The separated hydrogen is raised in purity by pressure fluctuation adsorption, continuously sent to a pressure accumulator, and stored at a pressure of 70 MPa or more.

The present disclosure relates to a hydrogen purification/storage apparatus and method using a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC).

The present invention provides a porous coordination polymer having high ability of storing a gas. The porous coordination polymer according to the present invention comprises zinc cluster ions and one kind of tricarboxylic acid ions selected from the group consisting of the following chemical formula (I), the following chemical formula (II), and the following chemical formula (III);

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Provided is a liquid hydrogen storage material including 1,1-biphenyl and 1,1-methylenedibenzene, the liquid hydrogen storage material including the corresponding 1,1-biphenyl and 1,1-methylenedibenzene at a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:2.5. The corresponding liquid hydrogen storage material has excellent hydrogen storage capacity value by including materials having high hydrogen storage capacity, and is supplied in a liquid state, and as a result, it is possible to minimize initial investment costs and the like required when the corresponding liquid hydrogen storage material is used as a hydrogen storage material in a variety of industries.

Provided is a method for preparing a catalyst for a dehydrogenation reaction of formate and a hydrogenation reaction of bicarbonate, the method including: adding a silica colloid to a polymerization step of polymerizing aniline and reacting the resulting mixture to form a poly(silica-aniline) composite; carbonizing the corresponding poly(silica-aniline) composite under an atmosphere of an inert gas; removing silica particles from the corresponding poly(silica-aniline) composite to form a polyaniline-based porous carbon support; and fixing palladium particles on the corresponding polyaniline-based porous carbon support to prepare the catalyst.