Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2023, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (6): 1804-1814.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2023.0029

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Research progress of hydrogen storage materials based on physical adsorption

Mingrui LIU(), Kai DING, Wei WANG, Jin SUN()   

  1. Sinopec Dalian Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals Co. Ltd, Dalian 116045, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2023-01-16 Revised:2023-02-13 Online:2023-06-05 Published:2023-06-21
  • Contact: Jin SUN E-mail:liumingrui.fshy@sinopec.com;sunjin.fshy@sinopec.com

Abstract:

Hydrogen energy is a sustainable secondary clean energy. In large-scale applications, hydrogen storage and transportation technology are the key factors restricting the development of the hydrogen energy industry chain. Physical adsorption hydrogen storage technology is one of the important ways to safely apply hydrogen in the future. However, it still needs to overcome the technical problems of low hydrogen storage capacity and low absorption temperature. Focusing the research on physical adsorption hydrogen storage technology, the development history and research progress of carbon-based materials, such as activated carbon, graphene, carbon nanotubes, mesoporous carbon, and carbon aerogel, organic framework materials such as metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) and covalent organic framework materials (COFs), and hydrates such as hydrogen storage materials were summarized, and the research achievements and technical means of various materials in improving hydrogen storage capacity were introduced. Simultaneously, the hydrogen storage principle of the abovementioned physical adsorption hydrogen storage materials and their technical characteristics in hydrogen storage, transportation, and utilization were analyzed. The advantages and disadvantages of hydrogen storage materials based on different physical adsorption mechanisms were compared to provide a further application analysis basis for the application of hydrogen storage and transportation technology. Finally, the breakthrough and development direction of physical adsorption hydrogen storage technology were proposed according to the future development trend of solid hydrogen storage and the current technical limitations. Although the physical adsorption hydrogen storage technology has obvious technical limitations, it is still a necessary branch in the hydrogen storage field to combine with other hydrogen storage technologies to form a composite hydrogen storage system, which still has a good synergistic effect, helping to enhance the hydrogen storage efficiency and improve the dynamics and thermodynamic performance of hydrogen absorption and desorption processes.

Key words: hydrogen storage, physical adsorption, carbon-based materials, organic framework materials, hydrate

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