Scientists succeed in controlled extraction of hydrogen from formic acid
Scientists have succeeded in the controlled extraction of hydrogen from formic acid--without the need for the high-temperature reforming process usually involved in other hydrogen generation systems.
From detailed assessments of electronic structure, researchers at the University at Buffalo, Cornell University, Stony Brook University and Moscow State University discovered that unexpected hydrides violating standard valence rules, such as LiH 6 and LiH 8 , become stable metals at a pressure approximately one quarter of that required to metalize pure hydrogen itself; findings that were published in an October 5, 2009 early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.