Low Cost Alpha Alane for Hydrogen Storage Award Number: DE-EE0006629 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Fuel Cells Technology Office Date: 07/23/2014 Location(s): CA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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Low Cost Alpha Alane for Hydrogen Storage
Award Number: DE-EE0006629
CX(s) Applied: A9, B 3.6
Fuel Cells Technology Office
Date: 07/23/2014
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Ardica Technologies to reduce the production cost of alpha-alane (AlH3) by developing and demonstrating an electrochemical process to synthesize it in an effort to reduce production costs associated with alane-based hydrogen storage.
The proposed project would perform process modeling and economic analysis to demonstrate an ability to meet cost targets; develop and demonstrate the electrochemical process; develop and demonstrate the downstream processing to convert an alane adduct to alpha-alane; and demonstrate and test alpha-alane in a hydrogen storage system.