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Engineering Hydrogen Transport Networks in Mg-Based Solid-State Hydrogen Storage: From Activated Interfaces to
Chen Chen1, Yunxuan Zhou2, Liangjuan Gao3
1Department of Mechanics, Jinzhong University, Jinzhong 030606, China.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
|July 28, 2026
Summary
Magnesium-based materials show promise for hydrogen storage but face kinetic challenges. Optimizing hydrogen transport networks across multiple scales is key to overcoming these limitations for practical applications.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Chemical Engineering
- Energy Storage
Background:
- Magnesium-based materials offer high theoretical hydrogen capacity and low cost.
- Practical hydrogen storage in magnesium is hindered by slow kinetics, difficult release, and degradation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To reframe limitations in magnesium-based hydrogen storage as a multiscale hydrogen transport-network problem.
- To propose a framework for designing improved hydrogen transport pathways in magnesium materials.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of hydrogen transport through interfaces, phases, and microstructures.
- Discussion of material design strategies including activated interfaces, phase-network engineering, and hierarchical architectures.
- Identification of operational descriptors for evaluating transport network efficiency.
Main Results:
- Hydrogen storage performance is critically dependent on the continuity and durability of hydrogen transport pathways.
- Alloying and hierarchical structuring can enhance internal hydrogen transport connectivity and efficiency.
- Material-internal transport must be compatible with system-level heat and mass transfer.
Conclusions:
- Future progress in magnesium-based hydrogen storage relies on designing integrated hydrogen transport networks from atomic to system scales.
- Focusing on deliberate network design, rather than isolated parameter optimization, is crucial.
- A multiscale transport-network perspective provides a unified approach to overcoming current limitations.
Keywords:
activated interfacesalloyinghierarchical architectureshydrogen transport networksmagnesium-based hydrogen storagephase-network engineeringMore Related Videos
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