Determination of the hydrogen storage properties in metallic nanomaterials

• Grant number: 15/03743-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: May 01, 2015
• End date: May 18, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Physical Metallurgy
• Principal Investigator: Walter José Botta Filho
• Grantee: Walter José Botta Filho
• Visiting researcher: Gabriel Omar Meyer
• Visiting researcher institution: Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Argentina
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/05987-8 - Processing and characterization of amorphous, metastable and nano-structured metallic alloys, AP.TEM

Abstract

Prof. Meyer has a prominent role in the development of instrumentation for the determination of hydrogen storage properties of materials, as well as research on the synthesis, processing, structure and properties of metal hydrides or complex. Thus, the visiting researcher should contribute to our group, in our ongoing efforts to build equipment for measuring kinetic and thermodynamic properties in nano composites for hydrogen storage. Furthermore, there is similarity between our group and the Argentinean group concerning specific research interests on materials for H2 storage, including magnesium complex hydrides, such as Mg2CoH5 and low-temperature hydride such as LaNi5 and TiFe. (AU)