Hydrogen: the future energy carrier

by Andreas Züttel, Arndt Remhof, Andreas Borgschulte, and Oliver Friedrichs

Philosophical Transactions AVolume 368(1923):3329-3342

July 28, 2010

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Energy demand according to the energy carriers over the last 200 years (J.-M.

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Development of the oil price without correction for inflation (http://www.ioga.com/Special/crudeoil.Hist.htm).

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The hydrogen cycle: the energy from sunlight is converted into electricity by means of photovoltaic cells.

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Comparison of (a) metal and (b) complex hydrides.

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Volumetric and gravimetric hydrogen density of some selected hydrides.

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The synthetic fuel cycle: hydrogen is produced from solar energy and water.

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Volumetric versus gravimetric energy density of the most important energy carriers.

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