Japanese researchers recently discovered that hydrogen borohydride nanosheets can release hydrogen through light at room temperature and pressure. The researchers said that this material is expected to be used as a more lightweight and safe hydrogen carrier material.
So far, transportation of hydrogen, a gas with an explosion risk, requires high temperature and high pressure. For example, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are equipped with high-pressure hydrogen storage tanks.
Researchers from institutions such as Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tsukuba University in Japan published a report in the new issue of the British "Nature · Communications" magazine, they found that hydrogen boron nanosheets with a composition ratio of 1: 1 of boron and hydrogen under ultraviolet irradiation Hydrogen can be released in large amounts, even under normal temperature and pressure through light. The researchers said that the hydrogen boride nanosheets are very convenient to operate and are expected to be used as highly efficient hydrogen carrier materials.