CX-101635: Development of Magnesium Borane Containing Solutions of Furans and Pyroles as Reversible Liquid Hydrogen Carriers

Award Number: DE-EE0008824, CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, Location(s): HI, Office(s): Golden Field Office

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December 11, 2019
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Award Number: DE-EE0008824
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Fuel Cell Technologies Office
Location(s): HI
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to University of Hawaii (UH) to develop a novel material for hydrogen storage and delivery applications. Specifically, liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) solutions of magnesium borohydride and advanced pincer catalysts would be synthesized and analyzed for their hydrogen storage capabilities. The materials would be developed to have improved performance efficiency (e.g. hydrogen cycling kinetics, thermodynamics and hydrogen storage capacities), as compared to current technologies.