Preface ........................................................ IX
List of Contributors ........................................... XI
1. Introduction ................................................. 1
Andreas Züttel
References ...................................................... 6
2. History of Hydrogen .......................................... 7
Andreas Züttel, Louis Schlapbach, and
Andreas Borgschulte
2.1. Timeline of the History of Hydrogen ..................... 7
2.2. The Hindenburg and Challenger Disasters ................ 14
References .................................................. 20
3. Hydrogen as a Fuel .......................................... 23
3.1. Fossil Fuels ........................................... 23
Sonja Studer
3.2. The Carbon Cycle and Biomass Energy .................... 37
Samuel Stucki
3.3. The Hydrogen Cycle ........................................ 43
John D. Speight
References .................................................. 68
4. Properties of Hydrogen ...................................... 71
4.1. Hydrogen Gas ........................................... 71
Andreas Züttel
4.2. Interaction of Hydrogen with Solid Surfaces ............ 94
Andreas Borgschulte and Louis Schlapbach
4.3. Catalysis of Hydrogen Dissociation and
Recombination ......................................... 108
Ib Chorkendorff
4.4. The Four States of Hydrogen and Their
Characteristics and Properties ........................ 125
Seijirau Suda
4.5. Surface Engineering of Hydrides ....................... 132
Seijirau Suda
References ................................................. 139
5. Hydrogen Production ........................................ 149
5.1. Hydrogen Production from Coal and Hydrocarbons ........ 149
Andreas Borgschulte and Andreas Züttel
5.2. Electrolysis: Hydrogen Production Using Electricity ... 155
Ursula Wittstadt
References ................................................. 163
6. Hydrogen Storage ........................................... 165
6.1. Hydrogen Storage in Molecular Form .................... 165
Andreas Züttel
6.2. Hydrogen Adsorption (Carbon, Zeolites, Nanocubes) ..... 173
Michael Hirscher and Barbara Panella
6.3. Metal Hydrides ........................................ 188
Andreas Züttel
6.4. Complex Transition Metal Hydrides ..................... 195
Klaus Yvon
6.5. Tetrahydroborates as a Non-transition
Metal Hydrides ........................................ 203
Shin-ichi Orimo and Andreas Züttel
6.6. Complex Hydrides ...................................... 211
Borislav Bogdanovic, Michael Felderhoff,
and Ferdi Schüth
6.7. Storage in Organic Hydrides ........................... 237
Andreas Borgschulte, Sandra Goetze, and
Andreas Züttel
6.8. Indirect Hydrogen Storage via Metals and Complexes
Using Exhaust Water ................................... 244
Seijirau Suda and Michael T. Kelly
References ................................................. 256
7. Hydrogen Functionalized Materials .......................... 265
7.1. Magnetic Heterostmctures - A Playground for
Hydrogen .............................................. 265
Arndt Remhof and Björgvin Hjörvarsson
7.2. Optical Properties of Metal Hydrides:
Switchable Mirrors .................................... 275
Ronald Griessen, Ingrid Anna Maria Elisabeth
Giebels, and Bernard Dam
References ................................................. 327
8. Applications ............................................... 335
8.1. Fuel Cells Using Hydrogen ............................. 335
K. Andreas Friedrich and Felix N. Büchi
8.2. Borohydride Fuel Cells ................................ 364
Zhou Peng Li
8.3. Internal Combustion Engines ........................... 371
Gerrit Kiesgen, Dirk Christian Leinhos, and
Hermann Sebastian Rottengruber
8.4. Hydrogen in Space Applications ........................ 381
Robert C. Bowman Jr. and Bugga V. Ratnakumar
References ................................................. 410
Index ......................................................... 415
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