Amol R. Deshmukh

H2 adsorption in Ti decorated T4 framework

    Hydrogen fuel has been considered as an ideal alternative to traditional energy sources because hydrogen gas has much higher energy to mass ratio than the current hydrocarbon fuels. However, hydrogen storage in neither gas nor liquid phase is feasible for automobile application due to either too low volumetric density or high energy cost for hydrogen liquefaction. Looking for the suitable media for hydrogen storage reaching sufficient high volumetric and gravimetric densities near ambient conditions is one of the big challenges for using hydrogen gas as fuel.

    Taking metal decorated Silsesquioxane based framework as our starting point, we are looking for feasible hydrogen storage systems which can meet the targets set by DOE, US up to 2015. At the same time we want to investigate the underneath mechanism of hydrogen storage in order to provide directions for better system design in this field.