CATALYSIS OF THE HYDRIDES HYDROGEN SORPTION KINETICS BY NITRIDE AND CARBIDE

摘要

In a storage structure comprising storage material for storing hydrogen by hydrogenation of, and releasing hydrogen by dehydrogenation from the storage material, the storage material consists of a metal, a metal alloy, an inter-metallic phase or a compound material which forms with hydrogen a metal hydride, the storage structure includes a catalyst in the form of a metal nitride or a metal carbide uniformly distributed throughout the storage material.