Composition and method for storing and releasing hydrogen
View Patent ↗A chemical system for storing and releasing hydrogen utilizes an endothermic reaction that releases hydrogen coupled to an exothermic reaction to drive the process thermodynamically, or an exothermic reaction that releases hydrogen coupled to an endothermic reaction.
1. A composition for releasing hydrogen, said composition consisting essentially of magnesium alkoxide, magnesium hydroxide, and a catalyst, said catalyst being present in a quantity effective to produce hydrogen upon heating said composition.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said magnesium alkoxide comprises magnesium methoxide.
3. A composition comprising magnesium alkoxide, magnesium hydroxide, and a catalyst selected from the group consisting of copper, copper oxide, zinc, zinc oxide, nickel, nickel oxide, cobalt, cobalt oxide, palladium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, mixtures thereof, and alloys thereof.
4. The composition of claim 3 , wherein the magnesium alkoxide comprises magnesium methoxide.