Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Crabtree, G.W.
• Dresselhaus, M.S.

Titel

The Hydrogen Fuel Alternative

Ist Teil von

• MRS bulletin, 2008-04, Vol.33 (4), p.421-428

Ort / Verlag

New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

SpringerNature Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The cleanliness of hydrogen and the efficiency of fuel cells taken together offer an appealing alternative to fossil fuels. Implementing hydrogen-powered fuel cells on a significant scale, however, requires major advances in hydrogen production, storage, and use. Splitting water renewably offers the most plentiful and climate-friendly source of hydrogen and can be achieved through electrolytic, photochemical, or biological means. Whereas presently available hydride compounds cannot easily satisfy the competing requirements for on-board storage of hydrogen for transportation, nanoscience offers promising new approaches to this challenge. Fuel cells offer potentially efficient production of electricity for transportation and grid distribution, if cost and performance challenges of components can be overcome. Hydrogen offers a variety of routes for achieving a transition to a mix of renewable fuels.