Handbook of Hydrogen Storage: New Materials for Future Energy Storage

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH

Handbook of Hydrogen Storage: New Materials for Future Energy Storage\nby Michael Hirscher\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Michael Hirscher\nTitle: Handbook of Hydrogen Storage: New Materials for Future Energy Storage\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Chemistry\nPublisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH\nPublication year: 2010\nISBN-13: 9783527322732\nISBN-10: 3527322736\nRRP: \u00A3170.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nOwing to the limited resources of fossil fuels, hydrogen is proposed as an alternative and environment-friendly energy carrier. However, its potential is limited by storage problems, especially for mobile applications. Current technologies, as compressed gas or liquefied hydrogen, comprise severe disadvantages and the storage of hydrogen in lightweight solids could be.