Monday, September 24, 2012

Hydrogen Cars

Hydrogen powered cars would be the solution to the energy crisis and global warming.  They produce water as they by product of the reaction and are more efficient than regular cars.  However, there isn't a practical way to store hydrogen for use in cars.  Recently, metal organic frameworks (MOF) have been proven to store huge amounts of hydrogen in small spaces.  They only problem is that the storage becomes harder as the temperature rises, but scientists are testing to see if adding a metal catalyst could make hydrogen storage practical at room temperature.  These MOFs might also be an easy way to make graphene and other carbon nano materials.  Carbon at a nano scale is used to make touch screens, computer circuit and other technology.  All of these are hard to make on a large scale though, and MOFs could be a more practical way to store the hydrogen needed to make them on a large scale.

Molecular Structure of Graphene
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120920095241.htm

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