Today's Tech News: Notable or Not?

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-hydrogen-coolant-gas-metal-hydride.html "metal hydride compressors generate significant heat during absorption phase, slowing process/ reducing efficiency, but cooling using external water/ air-cooling jackets add bulk, complexity, weight... overcome circulating diverted hydrogen through metal hydride bed for much more rapid heat exchange... quicker cooling, significantly shortening full compression cycle time... 10 bar inlet pressure compressed to >450 bar in single stage, maintaining high purity... compact, lightweight, no moving parts, less maintenance" Related: Bursting the barrier: catalysts unlock hydrogen from magnesium hydride https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1125291

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-demand-hydrogen-fuel-production-dark.html "graphitic carbon nitride absorbs sunlight/ generates electrons transferred to/ stored in ammonium metatungstate metal-oxygen cluster which turns from yellow to blue (charged)... adding platinum-based catalyst generates hydrogen gas immediately... creates internal electric field accelerating electron transfer...  3,220 (in darkness)/ 954 µmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹ (under sunlight) production rates... hydrogen can be produced immediately, or charged liquid transported to energy-poor areas safely for on-demand use there"

https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/12/proton-batteries-an-innovative-option-for-the-future-of-energy-storage "rapid proton movement using hydrogen-bond networks... light, safe, affordable, wider voltage range... redox potential for cathode locates in high range, for anode locates in low range, ensuring desirable voltage output...  modified tetraamino-benzoquinone replacing 4 chloro groups with 4 amino groups, improving proton storage/ lowering redox potential range... also, stable hydrogen storage in the form of proton (H+)" Related: CNL achieves breakthrough in hydrogen storage technology https://www.cnl.ca/cnl-achieves-breakthrough-in-hydrogen-storage-technology/ Sodium borohydride (NaBH4) powder as a hydrogen carrier https://www.ecoticias.com/en/hydrogen-powder-americas-great-failure/10578/ Hydrogen power storage, delivery possible at room temperature without freezers https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/hydrogen-storage-transport-without-freezer Researche...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-supramolecular-crystals-high-hydrogen-storage.html "volumetric more crucial than gravimetric capacity... recyclable... point-contact catenation strategy that utilizes point-contact interactions involving hydrogen bonding to minimize surface loss during catenation. This design strategy endows these supramolecular crystals with balanced high volumetric and gravimetric surface areas, high stability, and ideal pore sizes for hydrogen storage...  onboard hydrogen storage " Related: From Cars to Kitchens: Toyota’s Hydrogen Cartridges Transform Energy Use https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/cars-toyotas-hydrogen-cartridges/8567558/ Rux Energy and Bureau Veritas launch JDP for hydrogen storage solutions certification https://hydrogen-central.com/rux-energy-and-bureau-veritas-launch-jdp-for-hydrogen-storage-solutions-certification/#google_vignette New proton exchange membrane advances hydrogen storage https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/new-proton-ex...

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1029815 "Mg-based hydrides: high hydrogen storage densities, good cyclic performance, Mg abundant, low-cost, environmentally friendly... combine advantages of MXenes and Mg(In) solid solution in modification of MgH2/Mg to simultaneously alter thermodynamics and kinetics of Mg-based hydrogen storage... enhanced de/hydrogenation properties of MgH2 catalyzed by In@Ti-MX... unique phase transformation... application of nanostructured Mg-based hydrogen storage materials in various energy fields" Related: New material for hydrogen storage confines this clean yet troublesome fuel https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-material-hydrogen-storage-confines-troublesome.html New metal-free porous framework materials may have potential for hydrogen storage https://phys.org/news/2024-05-metal-free-porous-framework-materials.html Practical formate/bicarbonate energy system shows promise for hydrogen storage https://phys.org/news/2024-08-formatebicarbonat...