Globally, the accelerating use of renewable energy sources, enabled by increased
efficiencies and reduced costs, and driven by the need to mitigate the effects of climate …

Hydrogen could play an important role as an energy vector in the coming decades in the
framework of Sustainable Development. It is the universe's most abundant element and thus …

Laves type AB 2 intermetallics belong to the most abundant group of intermetallic
compounds containing over 1000 compounds. A large variety of the chemical nature of A …

Hydrogen storage materials with different crystal configurations have been extensively
investigated for hydrogen promotion. To escape the dilemma of traditional trial-and-error …

Thermochemical energy storage materials have advantage of much higher energy densities
compared to latent or sensible heat storage materials. Metal hydrides show good …

Industrial and public interest in hydrogen technologies has risen strongly recently, as
hydrogen is the ideal means for medium to long term energy storage, transport and usage in …

Compression is one of the most critical issues related to almost all hydrogen storage
methods and its subsequent usage. Hydrogen compression is only part of the so-called …

Over two decades, research in the field of metal hydride based thermal machines has
gained immense attention by the researchers of different fields. Because of its capability to …

For metal hydride compressors to be used in substitution to the mechanical ones in the
hydrogen infrastructures, it is mandatory to develop new compositions that can satisfy the …

Among several thermodynamic applications of metal hydrides, sorption hydrogen
compressor (SHC) is more attractive for real-time application due to ease of construction and …