Feasibility of hydrogen storage and sensing on novel TiO2 nanotube materials
Reference Number
EP/D039673/1
Title
Feasibility of hydrogen storage and sensing on novel TiO2 nanotube materials
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen storage)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr A Lapkin
School of Engineering
University of Warwick
School of Engineering
University of Warwick
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
27 February 2006
End Date
26 May 2007
Duration
15 months
Total Grant Value
£63,306
Industrial Sectors
Materials sciences
Region
West Midlands
Programme
Engineering science: flow -- Process Environment and Sustainability
Other Investigator
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Objectives
Abstract
The problems of fossil fuel consumption and green house gas emissions stimulated the search for alternative sources of energy with a zero carbon cycle. Hydrogen is widely believed to be a major future energy carrier (or 'energy vector'), enabling complete rejection of fossil fuels either by utilizing solar energy conversion or by using renewable hydrocarbon feedstocks. However, successful applications of hydrogen as an energy carrier depend on the resolution of several problems relating to the hydrogen infrastructure, namely storage and transportation. Several approaches for hydrogen storage are being investigated e.g., (i) adsorption of hydrogen on solids with large surface area, (ii) hydrogen storage by metal hydrides, (iii) intercalation of molecular hydrogen in clathrate hydrates. The potential applicability of these techniques depends on the amount of stored hydrogen as well as the ease of its release and material re-generation. The proposed study aims at investigatingthe feasibility of storing hydrogen in the molecular form within a novel material - TiO2 nanotubes. These materials may also be useful as hydrogen sensors. Using a combination of sorption analysis, nano-manipulation and computational techniques the proposal will prove whether these new materials hold real promise in one of the key future technologies
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