Hydrogen Molecules Trapped in Interstitial Host Channels of α-Hydroquinone

• Published in: Chemphyschem Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 352 - 355
• Main Authors: Yoon, Ji-Ho, Lee, Yun-Je, Park, Jeasung, Kawamura, Taro, Yamamoto, Yoshitaka, Komai, Takeshi, Takeya, Satoshi, Han, Sang Sup, Lee, Jong-Won, Lee, Yongjae
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 02.02.2009; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley
• Subjects: Alternative fuels. Production and utilization; Applied sciences; cage compounds; Chemistry; clathrates; Energy; Exact sciences and technology; Fuels; host-guest chemistry; hydrates; Hydrogen; hydrogen storage; Organic chemistry; Hydroquinone; clathrates; Hydrogen storage; Cage compound; Hydrogen; Clathrate; cage compounds; host-guest chemistry; Hydrates
• ISSN: 1439-4235; 1439-7641
• DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200800678

Easy come, easy go: Hydroquinone forms a channel structure of cages with hydrogen‐bonded hexagons. These may provide an ideal route for the fast inclusion and facile release of hydrogen molecules (see figure), which can lead to reversible hydrogen storage under mild conditions. Easy come, easy go: Hydroquinone forms a channel structure of cages with hydrogen‐bonded hexagons. These may provide an ideal route for the fast inclusion and facile release of hydrogen molecules (see figure), which can lead to reversible hydrogen storage under mild conditions.