Functional Materials Based on Metal Hydrides

• Main Author: Min Zhu (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Craig Buckley (Ed.) (auth), Hai-Wen Li (Ed.) (auth), Torben R. Jensen (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Chemistry; Optical Switch; Synthesis Structural; Functional energy materials; Battery Electrode; Superconductivity; Hydrogen Storage; Ionic Conductivity; chemical and physical properties; Metal hydride based batteries; Heat Storage
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Our extreme and growing energy consumption, based on fossil fuels, has significantly increased the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which may lead to global and irreversible climate changes. We have plenty of renewable energy, e.g., sun and wind, but the fluctuations over time and geograp...