Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Oxygen-rich microporous carbons with exceptional hydrogen storage capacity

  • Troy Scott Blankenship II,
  • Norah Balahmar,
  • Robert Mokaya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01633-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Hydrogen is attractive as a clean fuel for motor vehicles and porous carbons represent promising hydrogen storage materials. Here, Mokaya and colleagues incorporate oxygen-rich functional groups into porous carbons with high microporosity, showing that such materials exhibit significantly enhanced H2 storage capacity.