Scientists at the Technical University of Denmark have invented a technology which may be an important step towards the hydrogen economy: a hydrogen tablet that effectively stores hydrogen in an inexpensive and safe material.
Dr. Tue Johannessen. (Image courtesy of Technical University Of Denmark)
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With the new hydrogen tablet, it becomes much simpler to use the environmentally-friendly energy of hydrogen. Hydrogen is a non-polluting fuel, but since it is a light gas it occupies too much volume, and it is flammable. Consequently, effective and safe storage of hydrogen has challenged researchers world-wide for almost three decades. At the Technical University of Denmark, DTU, an interdisciplinary team has developed a hydrogen tablet which enables storage and transport of hydrogen in solid form.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050907102549.htm The problem with absolute statements is that science almost always proves them wrong. And please don't give me the "energy density isn't high enough" argument. That too will change.
