CO2-neutral hydrogen storage with a bicarbonate/formate system
Green Car Congress
JUNE 14, 2011
Metal hydride tanks store hydrogen in a relatively manageable volume but are very heavy and expensive, as well as operating only at high temperatures or far too slowly. The nontoxic aqueous solution of formate is easily stored and transported. to sodium formate in 96% yield at 70 °C in water/THF without additional CO 2.
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