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APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING
Volume 122, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-016-9825-0
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- EPSRC [EP/K021117/1, EP/N509851/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The development of alternative methods for thermal energy storage is important for improving the efficiency and decreasing the cost of concentrating solar thermal power. We focus on the underlying technology that allows metal hydrides to function as thermal energy storage (TES) systems and highlight the current state-of-the-art materials that can operate at temperatures as low as room temperature and as high as 1100 degrees C. The potential of metal hydrides for thermal storage is explored, while current knowledge gaps about hydride properties, such as hydride thermodynamics, intrinsic kinetics and cyclic stability, are identified. The engineering challenges associated with utilising metal hydrides for high-temperature TES are also addressed.
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