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Harrison, David Brett 2017-06-15T08:35:34Z 2018-06-14T08:30:12Z 2017 https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/82172 Alternative energy is currently one of the most active research areas in science. Lessening our dependence on fossil fuels has economic, environmental, and political benefits. With almost one-third of US energy going into transportation, a large piece of the puzzle is developing an alternative energy carrier to petroleum. Hydrogen is very attractive in the long term because it is abundant, potentially renewable, all countries have access to it, and it burns cleanly (no CO2 production) with oxygen to produce a large amount of energy (120 kJ/g). Unfortunately, there are still plenty of basic science and engineering hurdles that need to be overcome for hydrogen to become viable. Foremost among these is storing hydrogen in a sufficiently dense medium such that it can be used for automotive applications. en Wake Forest University Borohydrides Computational Physics Density Functional Theory Electronic Structure Theory Hydrogen Storage Improving Existing and Discovering New Hydrogen Storage Materials Using Computational Materials Modeling Dissertation Thonhauser, Timo Salam, Akbar Cho, Samuel Holzwarth, Natalie Jurchescu, Oana Physics 2018-06-14 open.access