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Completed TRL 3 (started at 2, targeting 3)
Demonstrate that a metal enclosed within a palladium capsule can be used as a solid-state storage medium for hydrogen by conversion to a metal hydride, then releasing the hydrogen from the hydride as needed.
Nanostructured materials (such as carbon nanotube sheets) with potential to store large quantities of hydrogen in a very small volume will be explored.
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