STOHIP
ADVANCED HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS FOR FUEL CELLS
Thematic field: Hydrogen and fuel cells 
 
Publications : 
- Publications on hydrogen storage & interactions with materials
Papers
-    A. BIRIS, R. V. BUCUR, P. GHETE, E. INDREA and D.LUPU, " The solubility 
of Deuterium in LaNi5", "Hydrogen in Metals" 5-6 January 1976, Birmingham, Journal  of  the Less. Common Metals 49, 477, (1976).
-    D. LUPU, R. V. BUCUR, "Properties suggesting H3+ type clusters in some metallic  hydrides", 
     J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 38, 387 (1977)
-  M. BOGDAN, A. NICULA, D. LUPU, "Spin-Lattice relaxation time and quadrupole coupling of deuterium in PdD0.70", Physica Status Solidi (a), 52, 615 (1979)
-  D. LUPU, P. MAXIM, M. BOGDAN, "H3+ a basis for clustering in Metallic Hydrides" in "Crystalline Electric Field and Structural Effects in f-electron Systems" p. 181-185, T. Mihalisin, J. Crow ed., Plenum Press 1980
-  A. BIRIS, D. LUPU, R. V. BUCUR, E. INDREA, Gh. BORODI and M. BOGDAN, "The Influence of Al on the Properties of Mg2Cu-H2 Systems", Symp. "Hydrogen in Metals"  6- 9 March 1979,  Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 7, 89, (1982).
-   R. V. BUCUR, D. LUPU, "Correlation between band structure and hydride formation in dilute palladium alloys" J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 43, 697 (1982)
-   A. NICULA, M. BOGDAN, D. LUPU and A. BIRIS "Proton Spin-Lattice Relaxation Time in Mg2NiH3.15" Proc.of "Joint Ismal-Ampere International Conference on Magnetic Resonance" 25-29 august 1980, The Netherlands.
-  R. V. BUCUR, D. LUPU, "Hydride stability and band structure of the components in the Pd1-xMx and LaNi5-xMx systems" J. Less-Common Metals, 90, 203 (1983)
-  D. LUPU, A. BIRIS and E. INDREA "Hydrogen Absorption in Beryllium Substituted in  Mg2Ni" Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 7,783, (1982)
-  D. LUPU, A. BIRIS, R. V. BUCUR, E. INDREA, Gh. BORODI and M. BOGDAN, "Hydrogen Absorption in Al-Mg-Ti Alloys" Proc. of "Miami International Symposium  on  Metal-Hydrogen Systems" 13-15 April 1981, SUA.
-  A. BIRIS, D. LUPU, E INDREA and R.V. BUCUR "Effects of Aluminium Additions on the Hydrogenation of  Mg2Ni" Proc. of "Troisieme congres international Hydrogene et  Materiaux", 7-11 June 1982, Paris.
-  D. LUPU, A. BIRIS, E. INDREA, and R. V. BUCUR"Effects of Ca Additions on Some Mg-Alloy Hydrides", Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy,  8, 701, (1993)
-  D. LUPU, A. BIRIS, E. INDREA, N. ALDEA, R.V. BUCUR, si M. MORARIU "Hydrogen Absorption in Mg-Ni-Fe Alloys", Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy,  8, 797,  (1983).
- 1 I. URSU, M. BOGDAN, D. E. DEMCO, D. LUPU and A. BIRIS "Spin-Lattice Relaxation  of Proton in Zirconium Uranium Hydride" Rev. Roum. Phys. 31, 3, (1986).
-   E.INDREA, N. ALDEA, D. LUPU, A. BIRIS, T. O. BIRIS and Gh. BORODI  "EXAFS Studies on the Local Structure of Mg2Ni and Mg2NiH4" Proc. of "International  Symposium on the Properties and Application of Metal Hydrides V", 25-30 May 1986,  Maubuisson, Franta.
-   P. GHETE, R. SARBU, RODICA LUPU, D. LUPU, A. BIRIS si C. BRATU "Water Pump with Metallic Hydrides", Proc. of "6th World Hydrogen Energy Conference" 20-24  July 1986, Viena, Austria.
-   D. LUPU, R. SARBU and A. BIRIS "Semiconductig Properties of Mg2NiH4", Int. Journal  of Hydrogen Energy, 12, 425, (1987)
-  D.LUPU, R. SARBU, R. LUPU, A. BIRIS, Gh. CHIRIAC, A. NEDA	"The behaviour of  Ti1.2Cr1.9Mn0.1 at hydrogen absorbtion-desorbtion cycling" Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 13, 239, (1988).
-   D. LUPU, A. BIRIS, Gh. MIHAILESCU, R. SARBU and D. VONICA, "Isotopic effects and dehydriding kinetics in the Mg2Ni-H2(D2) systems" Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 13, 685, (1988).
-   D. LUPU, "Hydrogen diffusion and radiationless electron transfer in metal hydrides, Physica Status Solidi (b) 155, 65 (1989)
-  D. LUPU, M. CHIRTOC, D. DADARLAT, R. CANDEA, I. BRATU, V. MECEA, "Optical  Absorption by Small Polarons in Palladium Hydride" Physica Status Solidi(b) 163, 519 (1991).
-  D. LUPU, R. GRECU, S.I. FARCAS, "Optical Properties of Mg2NiH4 and Hydrogen Diffusion" Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie(Frankfurt) 181 S, 143 (1993).
-  D. LUPU, R. GRECU and A. BIRIS, "Polaron Effects in the Protonic Conductor Hydrogen Uranyl Phosphate" Phys.Status Solidi (b), 178, 281, (1993).
-  D. LUPU, A. BIRIS, "Cobalt-molybdenum alloy electrodeposits and charge-discharge cycling in alcaline batteries",  Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 233, 192-196, (1996).
-  D.LUPU, P. MARGINEANU and A. R. BIRIS, "Hydrogen in Some Synergetic Electrocatalysts" Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 245, 146-152, (1999).
-  D. CHICEA, D. LUPU, I. CHEREJI, "Experimental evidence of neutron emission from TiDx samples", Hadronic Journal, 21, 567-582 (1998)
-  R. NICULA, A. JIANU, A. R. BIRIS, D. LUPU, R. MANAILA, A. DEVENYI, B.KUMPF, E. BURKEL, "Hydrogen storage in icosaedral and related phases of rapidly solidified Ti-Zr-Ni alloys", Zeitschrift fur Physik B, (1999).
-  D. LUPU, P. MARGINEANU and A. R. BIRIS, "Surface roughening of ZrV0.5Ni1.5 hydride compacted with metal powders", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 282, 220-224, (1999).
-  D. CHICEA, D. LUPU, "About the random neutron emission from TiDx samples", Romanian Reports in Physics, No 1-2, (1999)
-  D. LUPU, A. R. BIRIS, E. INDREA, A. S. BIRIS, G. BELE, L. SCHLAPBACH, ZÜTTEL, "Hydrogen absorption and hydride electrode behaviour of the Laves phase ZrV1.5-xCrxNi1.5", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 291, 289-294, (1999).
-   D. LUPU, A.S. BIRIS, A.R. BIRIS, I. MISAN, E. INDREA, "Hydrogen absorption and electrode properties of Zr1-xTixV1.2Cr0.3Ni1.5 Laves phase", Journal of Alloys and  Compounds, 312, 302-306, (2000).
-  D. CHICEA , D. LUPU, "Low-Intensity Neutron Emission from TiDx Samples Under
          Nonequilibrium  Conditions", Fusion Technology, 39, 108-113, (2001).
-   A. GLUHOI, P. MARGINEAN, D. LUPU, E.INDREA, A.R. BIRIS, "Influence of 
          lanthanide oxides on the catalytic activity of nickel", Applied Catalysis A: General 232
          121-128, (2002).
-  D. LUPU, A.R. BIRIS, A.S. BIRIS, E. INDREA, I. MISAN, A. ZÜTTEL, L. 
          SCHLAPBACH, "Cobalt-free over-stoichiometric Laves phase alloys for Ni-MH 
           Batteries", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 350, 319-323, (2003).
-  D. LUPU, A.R. BIRIS, A.S. BIRIS, I. MISAN, D.A. BUZATU, M. KLEEVE, N. 
          LUPSA "Growth of nanoscale carbon structures and their corresponding hydrogen 
          uptake properties" Particulate Science and Technology Journal, 20, 223-234 (2002).
-  D. LUPU, A.R. BIRIS, I. MISAN, A. JIANU, E. BURKEL, "Hydrogen uptake by 
          carbon nanofibers catalysed by palladium" ,Int. Journal Hydrogen Energy 29, 97-102,
   (2004).
-  A.R. BIRIS, D. LUPU, I. MISAN, E INDREA, A.S. BIRIS, "Structural characterization and hydrogen absorbtion properties of over-stoichiometric laves phase metallic powders for Ni-MH batteries", Particulate Science and Technology Journal, 22, 75-83 (2004).
-  D. LUPU,  A.R. BIRIS, I. MISAN, "Hydrogen storage in complex hydrides", Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Physica, L, 3(2005)235-240
Communications
-  M. BOGDAN, V. SIMPLACEANU, D. LUPU, "Spin-lattice relaxation time of deuterium in palladium deuteride" XX-th Congress AMPERE, Talin (1978)
-  D. LUPU, R. GRECU, S. I. FARCAS, " Optical properties of Mg2NiH4 and hydrogen diffusion" Int. Symposium Metal Hydrogen Systems, Uppsala, 8-12 June, 1992 Sweden
-  R. NICULA, A. JIANU, R. MANAILA, A. DEVENYI, R. POPESCU, A. R. BIRIS, D. LUPU, C. KUMPF, E. BURKEL, "Hydrogenated Ti-Zr-Ni icosahedral phases", 6-th International Conference on Quasicrystals, Tokyo, 26-30 May, 1997.
-  A. R. BIRIS, D, LUPU, A. JIANU, G. BALANICA, C. KUMPF, E. BURKEL,"Hydrogen storage in rapidly solidified Ti-Zr-Ni icosaedral alloys", 3rd General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, September 1997.
-  D. CHICEA, D. LUPU, E. INDREA, "Experimental investigation of Ti samples highly loaded with deuterium" Materials Physics near the 45th Parallel Meeting, 23-24 October 1998, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
-  R. NICULA, A. JIANU, A.R. BIRIS, D. LUPU, E. BURKEL, "Hydrogen storage in icosahedral phases of Ti-Zr-Ni", Simp."Jornées d'Automne 1998" , Paris, 27-29 October 1998.
-  A. R. BIRIS, A. S. BIRIS, I. MISAN, D. LUPU, "Zr bases alloys as hydride electrodes in Ni-MH batteries", Conference on Isotopic and Molecular Processes, September 23-25, 1999, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
-  P. MARGINEAN, D. LUPU, A. R. BIRIS "The catalysis H2-HDO isotopic exchange on hydrogen absorbing alloys" Conference on Isotopic and Molecular Processes, September 23-25, 1999, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
-  E. INDREA, D. LUPU, A. S. BIRIS, A. R. BIRIS, GABRIELA BELE, "Rietveld Structural Characterization and Hydrogen Absorption in Laves phase ZrV1.5-xCrxNi1.5" Proc. "National Romanian Conference on Physics" Mamaia, Romania, September 16-18 2000.
-  A.R. BIRIS, I. MISAN, E. INDREA, D. LUPU,  "The effects of ball-milling on the properties of AB3: AB5 alloy mixtures", Conference on Isotopic and Molecular Processes, September 27-29, 2001, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
-  D. LUPU , "Hydrogen Storage Materials at INCDTIM Cluj" communication at JRC-IE training
Workshop on "Mapping European knowledge on Hydrogen Storage" 28-29 October 2004, Joint European Research Centre, Petten, Netherlands :  http://www.jrc.
-  A.S. BIRIS, A.R. BIRIS, D. LUPU, S. TRIGWELL, D.A. BUZATU, D.W. MILLER, J.A. DARSEY, J.G. WILKES, "Hydrogen Interaction with Carbon Nanofibers", Proc. to the International Congress of Nanotechnology, November 7-10, 2004, San Francisco, USA
-  D. LUPU, A.R. BIRIS, I. MISAN, "Hydrogen storage materials at INCDTIM Cluj-Napoca: Achievements and outlook" 1st Meeting of Romanian   "Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Platform" Calimanesti, 13 October 2005, Romania.
-  D. LUPU, A.R. BIRIS, I. MISAN, "Hydrogen storage materials at INCDTIM Cluj-Napoca: Achievements and outlook" 1st Meeting of Romanian   "Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Platform" Calimanesti, 13 Oct. 2005.
Patents
-  Romanian patent  Nr. 91.104 /10. 12. 1986
Authors: P. GHETE, D.LUPU, C. BRATU, V. MECEA, A. BIRIS, G. CHIRIAC,  A. SZASZ and N.  PETEAN.
 Title: "Water pump with metal hydrides"
-  Romanian patent  Nr. 144132/12. 02. 1990
    Authors: R. SARBU, D. LUPU si A. BIRIS.
 Title: "Metal/ceramic bonds using metal hydrides"
-  Romanian patent  Nr.11927B1
    Authors: A. R. BIRIS, D. LUPU, I. MISAN, P. MARGINEAN, I. F. TOMA.
 Title: "Binder for metal hydride electrodes of Ni/MH batteries".
 Silver medals  at EUREKA 2004, Bruxelles - Belgium and Géneve 2005
- Publications on the project theme