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The development of fuel cells and hydrogen storage materials will be one of the highest global research and development priorities for the foreseeable future. The particular abilities of neutrons to penetrate materials and to image hydrogen will make neutron imaging a key technique, allowing the in-situ study of real operational devices. This chapter describes the current state of the art in this field.
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Arif, M., Hussey, D., Jacobson, D. (2009). Neutron Imaging for the Hydrogen Economy. In: Bilheux, H., McGreevy, R., Anderson, I. (eds) Neutron Imaging and Applications. Neutron Scattering Applications and Techniques. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78693-3_11
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