In regard to the establishment of a global hydrogen energy system, the safe and efficient handling and storage of hydrogen is a crucial aspect. Depending on the degree of safety, feasibility and acceptance that storage concepts can offer, other hydrogen-related technologies like hydrogen production or hydrogen cars will either be hindered or pushed forward. Hydrogen can today be handled safely as a gas in professional environments. Up-scaling of hydrogen distribution via compressed gas (CGH2) is limited though, not least for safety concerns in regard to the usage of molecular hydrogen in a broad public. Furthermore, the build-up of a comprehensive CGH2 infrastructure is expensive and will initially suffer from low utilization. Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) [1] render the complex handling of hydrogen gas unnecessary by chemically storing hydrogen within dibenzyltoluene, a non-toxic, non-explosive heat transfer oil, well-known in industry [2].
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