NANOSCALED HYDROGEN CONTAINERS―THEORETICAL APPROACH, INVESTIGATIONS AND APPLICATIONS FOR ELECTRODE MATERIALS

摘要

Two types of hydrogen containers: a small size container ― with a diameter up to 2 nm and a large size container ― up to 5 nm in diameter are produced by borohydride reduction. Nanoscaled hydrogen containers can be applied instead of MH nanoparticle electrodes as a perfect energy charge transfer medium with high efficiency (close to 100%) for the case of using Li-ion electrolyte without influence of temperature, according to thermodynamics, and without participation of OH~- and H20. The creation of new bonds has been investigated by IR spec-troscopy as a result from the charge/discharge cycling procedure using non-aqueous electrolyte whose first results have been extremely interesting.