Tiny buckyballs squeeze hydrogen like giant Jupiter
Carbon cages can hold super-dense volumes of nearly metallic hydrogen. Hydrogen could be a clean, abundant energy source, but it’s difficult to store in bulk.
In new research, materials scientists at Rice University have made the surprising discovery that tiny carbon capsules called buckyballs are so strong they can hold volumes of hydrogen nearly as dense as those at the center of Jupiter.
The research appears on the March 2008 cover of the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano Letters.
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