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Peer-reviewedCC BYFrontiers in chemistry

Advances in catalytic hydrogen storage materials: progress, breakthroughs, and challenges toward scalable applications.

  • Pan Shulin1
  • Walid Tahri1
  • Rashid Khan2
  • Mazen Alshaaer3
  1. 1Key Laboratory of Yangtze Aquatic Environment, Research Base, Yibin University, Yibin, China.
  2. 2Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
  3. 3Physics Department, College of Sciences and Humanities, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

Hydrogen storage and release catalysts that are large-scale, efficient, and reversible provide a significant challenge for the development of long-term hydrogen energy systems (HES). This review critically examines catalytic approaches to hydrogen storage systems (HSS), including, metal hydrides, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), porous materials, nanostructured catalysts, bimetallic alloys, hybrid composites, and single-atom catalysts (SACs). It evaluates how catalyst composition, structure, and active-site properties influence hydrogen activation, transport, sorption kinetics, cycling stability, and reversibility. Drawing on experimental findings and theoretical approaches, the review compares these relationships across different material classes. This comparative focus extends assessments based on individual materials or catalyst classes by identifying shared design principles and materials specific limitations. Finally, it outlines the main barriers and proposes research directions for developing sustainable, efficient, and reversible hydrogen storage.

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@article{shulin2026advances,
  title = {{Advances in catalytic hydrogen storage materials: progress, breakthroughs, and challenges toward scalable applications.}},
  author = {Pan Shulin and Walid Tahri and Rashid Khan and Mazen Alshaaer},
  journal = {Frontiers in chemistry},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.3389/fchem.2026.1928154},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42953673},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Advances in catalytic hydrogen storage materials: progress, breakthroughs, and challenges toward scalable applications.
AU  - Pan Shulin
AU  - Walid Tahri
AU  - Rashid Khan
AU  - Mazen Alshaaer
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/14
JO  - Frontiers in chemistry
DO  - 10.3389/fchem.2026.1928154
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42953673
AB  - Hydrogen storage and release catalysts that are large-scale, efficient, and reversible provide a significant challenge for the development of long-term hydrogen energy systems (HES). This review critically examines catalytic approaches to hydrogen storage systems (HSS), including, metal hydrides, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), porous materials, nanostructured catalysts, bimetallic alloys, hybrid composites, and single-atom catalysts (SACs). It evaluates how catalyst composition, structure, and active-site properties influence hydrogen activation, transport, sorption kinetics, cycling stability, and reversibility. Drawing on experimental findings and theoretical approaches, the review compares these relationships across different material classes. This comparative focus extends assessments based on individual materials or catalyst classes by identifying shared design principles and materials specific limitations. Finally, it outlines the main barriers and proposes research directions for developing sustainable, efficient, and reversible hydrogen storage.
SN  - 2296-2646
ER  -