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Reversible solidification of liquid organic hydrogen carriers

  • Xiaoying Lu1,2,3,4
  • Yushuai Huang1,2,3,4
  • Peng Peng1,2,3,4
  • Libin Tian1,2,3,4
  • Xiaokang Chen1,2,3,4
  • Ziqing Mao1,2,3,4
  • Xin Zou1,2,3,4
  • Qingshan Zhu1,2,3,4
4 affiliations
  1. 1Institute of Process Engineering
  2. 2Chinese Academy of Sciences
  3. 3School of Chemical Engineering
  4. 4University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Abstract

Liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) are a promising option for hydrogen storage, but their transportation and long-term storage are complicated by sloshing, leakage, evaporation, and the associated safety issues. They are hard to gelate or solidify using conventional gelators due to factors such as steric hinderance and/or the lack of pi-pi conjugation within their molecular structure. Here, we report a one-pot reversible solidification strategy that converts hydrogenated LOHCs into free-standing monolithic solids without compromising their hydrogen-storage performance. The solidified carriers can prevent sloshing during transportation and potential leakage upon tank fail. The vapor pressure and fire intensity of LOHCs are reduced by 66% and 16.5%, respectively. As a result, their mass retention rate increased by 2.8-fold after one week of open storage and their mass loss rate is reduced by 3.4-fold after 24 hours of vigorous vibration compared with regular LOHCs.

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@misc{lu2026reversible,
  title = {{Reversible solidification of liquid organic hydrogen carriers}},
  author = {Xiaoying Lu and Yushuai Huang and Peng Peng and Libin Tian and Xiaokang Chen and Ziqing Mao and Xin Zou and Qingshan Zhu},
  howpublished = {ChemRxiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.26434/chemrxiv.15008867/v1},
  url = {https://chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26434/chemrxiv.15008867/v1},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - UNPB
TI  - Reversible solidification of liquid organic hydrogen carriers
AU  - Xiaoying Lu
AU  - Yushuai Huang
AU  - Peng Peng
AU  - Libin Tian
AU  - Xiaokang Chen
AU  - Ziqing Mao
AU  - Xin Zou
AU  - Qingshan Zhu
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/15
PB  - ChemRxiv
DO  - 10.26434/chemrxiv.15008867/v1
UR  - https://chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26434/chemrxiv.15008867/v1
AB  - Liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) are a promising option for hydrogen storage, but their transportation and long-term storage are complicated by sloshing, leakage, evaporation, and the associated safety issues. They are hard to gelate or solidify using conventional gelators due to factors such as steric hinderance and/or the lack of pi-pi conjugation within their molecular structure. Here, we report a one-pot reversible solidification strategy that converts hydrogenated LOHCs into free-standing monolithic solids without compromising their hydrogen-storage performance. The solidified carriers can prevent sloshing during transportation and potential leakage upon tank fail. The vapor pressure and fire intensity of LOHCs are reduced by 66% and 16.5%, respectively. As a result, their mass retention rate increased by 2.8-fold after one week of open storage and their mass loss rate is reduced by 3.4-fold after 24 hours of vigorous vibration compared with regular LOHCs.
ER  -