Developing Alternatives to Fossil Fuels

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A lithium-coated fullerene also known as a C60 cluster as a potential material for hydrogen storage. Yellow represents lithium atoms and black represents carbon atoms. Credit: Qiang Sun Ph.D. and Puru Jena Ph.D.VCU
A lithium-coated fullerene, also known as a C60 cluster, as a potential material for hydrogen storage. Yellow represents lithium atoms, and black represents carbon atoms. Credit: Qiang Sun, Ph.D., and Puru Jena, Ph.D./VCU

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have developed a new storage system to hold large quantities of hydrogen fuel that may one day power cars in a more cost-effective and consumer-friendly way.


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