Symposium P: Advanced Materials and Nanoframeworks for Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Capture

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Advanced Materials and Nanoframeworks for Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Capture

High-capacity hydrogen storage materials and carbon capture remain at the forefront of energy storage and utilization technologies that aim to reduce our carbon footprint.  The “National Hydrogen Energy Roadmap” and “Hydrogen Posture Plan” indicate the central role that storage technology holds (these documents are available at www.hydrogen.energy.gov).  Strong funding over the last decade from the U. S. Department of Energy has resulted in significant advances in several different classes of storage materials, including (a) physical adsorption, e.g., high-surface-area nanostructured carbons and functionalized metal-organic frameworks; (b) chemical compound, e.g., ammonia borane and related materials; and (c) solid ionic, e.g., complex hydrides such as LiBH4 and Ca(BH4)2.  As the field has matured, many of the material shortcomings for each class have been identified, resulting in research addressing these fundamental issues.  Additionally, the materials utilized for the three classes have begun to overlap significantly, with metal organic frameworks, for example, finding application as both adsorption materials for H2 and CO2, as well as nanostructured frameworks for nanoparticle hydrides.  This symposium will allow the latest research results to be shared between basic scientists and engineers working in the field and will bring together physicists, chemists, and materials scientists.

Session topics will include:

  • Applied hydrogen storage materials
    - Sorption materials/carbon-capture materials
    - Chemical-compound storage
    - Complex ionic hydrides
  • Fundamental issues
    - Thermodynamics and thermodynamic “tuning”
    - Kinetic limitations of existing materials
    - Regeneration of chemical and complex hydrides
  • Carbon-capture materials

Invited speakers include:

Scott Jorgensen (General Motors): “Kick-Off” Broad Overview 
M. Allendorf (Sandia National Labs), M. Conradi (Washington Univ., St. Louis), M. Fichtner (Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology, Germany), T. Jensen (Aarhus Univ., Denmark), B. Laird (Univ. of Kansas), J. Long (Univ. of California, Berkeley), Shin-ichi Orimo (Tohoku Univ., Japan), Fred Pinkerton (General Motors), E. Ronnebro (Pacific Northwest National Lab), B. Smit (Univ. of California, Berkeley), Andrea Sudik (Ford Motor Co.), T. Udovic (National Inst. of Standards and Technology), Y. Zhang (Northwestern Univ.).

Symposium Organizers

Eric Majzoub
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Center for Nanoscience and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
503J Benton Hall,
One University Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63121
Tel 314-516-5779, Fax 314-516-6152
majzoube@umsl.edu 

Jason Graetz
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Energy Sciences and Technology
Upton, NY 11973
Tel 631-344-3242, Fax 631-344-2359
graetz@bnl.gov   

Vidvuds Ozolins
University of California, Los Angeles
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
3111 Engineering V
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1595
Tel 310-267-5538, Fax 310-206-7353
vidvuds@ucla.edu 

Petra de Jongh
Utrecht University
Dept. of Chemistry and Catalysis
Sorbonnelaan 16
Utrecht NL-3584 CA, The Netherlands
Tel 31-6-22736345, Fax 31-30-251-102
p.e.dejongh@uu.nl 

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