Frustrated Lewis pairs in hydrogen storage materials: A new paradigm

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The prospect of a future based on a hydrogen economy requires new technologies for the efficient generation, storage and utilization of hydrogen. Current approaches suffer from either the lack of technology for the regeneration of the hydrogenated material or only efficiently store hydrogen at low temperatures. In recent work, we have made a breakthrough discovery involving the activation of hydrogen. We have described the first metal-free molecular system capable of the reversible activation of hydrogen. While our discovery is fundamental in nature, the work points to a conceptually new path to hydrogen storage materials. We plan a three phased approach that probes new classes of molecular materials that incorporate both Lewis acidic and Lewis basic sites. Initially we will develop new systems in which Lewis acid and Lewis base centers are held