Researchers Develop Palladium-Based Hydrogen Storage Method

In recent decades, growing resources have been invested in the field of hydrogen as a raw material that aligns with the vision of a green economy and the use of sustainable energy. Hydrogen production is not a new process, but the aspiration to protect the environment and improve efficiency presents numerous technological challenges.

A group of researchers at the Technion – Israel Institue of Technology and Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology is presenting a breakthrough in the field – a development expected to significantly improve hydrogen storage capacity for future use.

Growing awareness of the environmental damage caused by human activity – industry, transportation, electricity generation, and more – has led to massive investment in alternative energy sources. One of the challenges of these energy sources is the need for energy storage, since sources such as wind and solar are highly variable, unlike conventional power plants and standard vehicle batteries.

This creates an urgent need for efficient, non-polluting storage technologies. In this context, hydrogen is a promising material, and hydrogen storage systems are therefore being developed, such as hydrogen tanks for vehicle propulsion.

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