Frustrated Lewis pairs in hydrogen storage materials: A new paradigm

基于氢经济的未来的前景需要有效产生、储存和利用氢的新技术。目前的方法要么缺乏用于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，我们在氢的活化方面取得了突破性的发现。我们已经描述了第一个能够可逆活化氢的无金属分子系统。虽然我们的发现在本质上是基础性的，但这项工作指出了一条储氢材料的概念性新途径。我们计划一个三阶段的方法，探测新类的分子材料，同时纳入刘易斯酸性和刘易斯碱性网站。最初，我们将开发新的系统，其中刘易斯酸和刘易斯碱中心举行

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