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Project

Artificial clathrates for safe storage, transport and delivery of hydrogen II (ARCLATH II) (ARCLATH II)

Clathrates are nanoscopic capsules in which hydrogen gas can be stored at temperatures just below freezing and
at limited pressure. The Moonshot sprint cSBO project (ARCLATH, HBC.2019.0110) provided experimental and theoretical evidence
for the feasibility of this new concept for hydrogen storage and transport. The stabilization of clathrates in hydrophobic
matrix materials was the basis of this success. In this follow-up project, the project consortium aims to maximize the storage capacity for hydrogen in clathrates by further refining the matrix materials. With this knowledge, pressure vessels will be equipped with clathrates on a laboratory scale in order to further investigate the process of storing and releasing hydrogen gas experimentally and using models. This knowledge will eventually allow the development of new industrial processes
to develop the storage and supply of hydrogen.

Date:1 Jul 2021 →  31 Dec 2023
Keywords:storage and supply of hydrogen, clathrates, hydrophobic matrix materials
Disciplines:Energy storage