Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Holds Promise for Transportation Applications

摘要

Development of a viable,convenient system for storing hydrogen on-board a vehicle is one of the key technological challenges that must be met in order to make hydrogen-fueled vehicles practical for widespread consumer use.Such a system will have to be lightweight enough to keep the vehicle at a reasonable weight.At the same time,it will have to hold enough hydrogen to give the vehicle a traveling range between fill-ups that is comparable to today's gasoline-fueled vehicles.It will have to allow the vehicle to be fueled easily and in a reasonable amount of time.It will have to make the hydrogen available for use in an efficient manner.It will have to be affordable.Above all,it must both be safe and be perceived as safe.