Frustrated Lewis pairs in hydrogen storage materials: A new paradigm

基于氢经济的未来前景需要新的技术来高效地生产、储存和利用氢。目前的方法要么缺乏再生氢化材料的技术，要么只能在低温下有效地储存氢。在最近的工作中，我们在氢活化方面有了突破性的发现。我们描述了第一个能够可逆活化氢的无金属分子体系。虽然我们的发现在本质上是根本性的，但这项工作为氢储存材料的概念指明了一条新的道路。我们计划一个分三个阶段的方法来探索包含刘易斯酸性和刘易斯碱性位点的新型分子材料。最初，我们将开发新的体系，其中路易斯酸和路易斯碱中心保持不变

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