Towards hydrogen as fuel for cars and electronic devices

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This neutron-scattering image reveals where hydrogen molecules (red-green circles) connect to a metal organic framework (MOF) a type of custom-made compound eyed for hydrogen storage applications. The ball-and-stick model of the MOF is superimposed o ...
This neutron-scattering image reveals where hydrogen molecules (red-green circles) connect to a metal organic framework (MOF), a type of custom-made compound eyed for hydrogen storage applications. The ball-and-stick model of the MOF is superimposed on the neutron image. Credit: Taner Yildirim, NIST

Chemists at UCLA and the University of Michigan report an advance toward the goal of cars that run on hydrogen rather than gasoline. While the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that practical hydrogen fuel will require concentrations of at least 6.5 percent, the chemists have achieved concentrations of 7.5 percent -- nearly three times as much as has been reported previously -- but at a very low temperature (77 degrees Kelvin).


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