2008 Volume 20 Issue 3+4 Pages 68-71
This paper briefly describes the metal hydrides as the hydrogen storage or transport media, followed by the historical topic including: (i) the discoveries and progress of hydrogen uptake by the elemental metals, (ii) the establishment of the concept “hydrogen storage alloy” by intermetallics, and (iii) from the “hydrogen storage alloy” to the “hydrogen storage material”.