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This paper seeks to review the hydride/hydrogen technology and to describe the work being done in our laboratory for the development of rare earth pentanickelide (RNi5) type solid state materials for hydrogen storage. To start with a brief review of the basic theme for solid state storage mode of hydrogen has been given. The salient features of this storage mode have been outlined. For the RNi5 type materials, more emphasis has been laid on the discussion of a new result obtained by us. It has been found that it is possible to synthesise amorphous phases of RNi5 (LaNi5, MmNi5) materials and this phase has been found to have a higher hydrogen storage capacity. Another new result in regard to the RNi5 type hydrides is relating to the variation of electrical resistivity (P) as a function of hydrogenation time (t). The curious nature of P-t curve has been explained in terms of the variation of electronic density of states as a result of the hydrogenation process.
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Ramakrishna, K., Singh, S.K., Singh, A.K., Srivastava, O.N. (1987). Solid State Materials for Hydrogen Storage. In: Dahiya, R.P. (eds) Progress in Hydrogen Energy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3809-0_7
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