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Hydrogen & Carbon

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Functionalisation of Nanoporous Carbon for Hydrogen Storage

Process technology and characterisation for nanoparticle deposition on carbon for improved H2 storage.

General Info

Candidate: Dipl.-Ing. Florian Knabl

Chair: Chair of Functional Materials and Materials Systems

Start: 06/2021

End: 05/2024

Candidate profile: Materials science PhD candidate focused on plasma-assisted functionalisation and storage performance.

Supervisors / Mentors

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Christian Mitterer

Chair of Functional Materials and Materials Systems, Montanuniversitaet Leoben

Univ.-Prof. Mag. et Dr.rer.nat. Oskar Paris

Institute of Physics, Montanuniversitaet Leoben

🎯Targets

  • Enable room-temperature hydrogen storage close to DOE targets.
  • Develop functionalisation technologies for carbon.
  • Improve nanoparticle deposition know-how for carbon surfaces.

🏁Milestones

  • Deposition know-how improved from Cu to Ag to Pt.
  • Nanoparticle deposition recipes on nanoporous carbon implemented.
  • Deposition optimised with respect to storage performance.

🧩Work Packages

  • Plasma-assisted nanoparticle deposition development.
  • Deposited nanoparticle characterisation.
  • Functionalisation of nanoporous carbon.
  • Hydrogen storage capacity determination.

Context H₂-C

  • Contributes to carbon valorisation and alternative storage concepts for high-tech applications.

Related publication

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Doctoral thesis (PURE)

Pathways Towards the Functionalization of Three-Dimensional Substrates

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