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Valence Transition in Yb Hydrides*

Büchler, Stefan ; Monnier, René ; Degiorgi, Leo ; Schlapbach, Louis ; Schlapbach, Louis

In: Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 1989, vol. 163, no. Part_2, p. 579-584

Université de Fribourg

Hydrogen-storage materials for mobile applications

Schlapbach, Louis ; Züttel, Andreas

In: Nature, 2002, vol. 414, p. 353-358

Mobility — the transport of people and goods — is a socioeconomic reality that will surely increase in the coming years. It should be safe, economic and reasonably clean. Little energy needs to be expended to overcome potential energy changes, but a great deal is lost through friction (for cars about 10 kWh per 100 km) and low-efficiency energy conversion. Vehicles can be run either by...