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Metal hydrides for concentrating solar thermal power energy storage

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The development of alternative methods for thermal energy storage is important for improving the efficiency and decreasing the cost of concentrating solar thermal power. We focus on the underlying technology that allows metal hydrides to function as thermal energy storage (TES) systems and highlight the current state-of-the-art materials that can operate at temperatures as low as room temperature and as high as 1100 °C. The potential of metal hydrides for thermal storage is explored, while current knowledge gaps about hydride properties, such as hydride thermodynamics, intrinsic kinetics and cyclic stability, are identified. The engineering challenges associated with utilising metal hydrides for high-temperature TES are also addressed.

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  1. Hydrogen Storage Research Group, Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Medical Radiation Sciences, Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia

    D. A. Sheppard, T. D. Humphries & C. E. Buckley

  2. Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, University of Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark

    M. Paskevicius

  3. Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

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  4. Department of Nanotechnology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany

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    P. A. Ward, J. A. Teprovich Jr., C. Corgnale & R. Zidan

  6. Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

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Sheppard, D.A., Paskevicius, M., Humphries, T.D. et al. Metal hydrides for concentrating solar thermal power energy storage. Appl. Phys. A 122, 395 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9825-0

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