Frustrated Lewis pairs in hydrogen storage materials: A new paradigm

以氢经济为基础的未来的前景需要高效地生产、储存和利用氢的新技术。目前的方法要么是缺乏氢化材料再生的技术，要么是在低温下只能有效地储存氢气。在最近的工作中，我们有了一个突破性的发现，涉及到氢的活化。我们描述了第一个能够可逆地激活氢的无金属分子体系。虽然我们的发现在本质上是基本的，但这项工作指出了一条通往储氢材料的概念上的新途径。我们计划分三个阶段探索同时包含Lewis酸性和Lewis碱性中心的新型分子材料。首先，我们将开发新的系统，在这些系统中，刘易斯酸和刘易斯碱中心被保持

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