Mtshali, ChristopherMaebela, Nyabane Blessing2022-08-222024-10-302022-08-222024-10-302022https://hdl.handle.net/10566/16562>Magister Scientiae - MScHydrogen is regarded as an attractive, pollution-free energy carrier for future energy systems, supported by its efficient energy conversion. Still, the challenge is its storage and transportation. Hydrogen can either be stored as a liquid in cryogenic tanks, gas in high-pressure cylinders or as a solid in metal hydrides. Metal hydrides are of research interest for hydrogen storage due to their higher energy density as compared to the gas- or liquid form and metal hydrides are also relatively safe. In this investigation, a Pd (25nm)/Ti (50nm)/V (50nm)/Pd (25nm) multilayer system was prepared on commercially available pure titanium (CP-Ti) substrates using an electron beam evaporator in order to investigate its viability for hydrogen storage.enAstrophysicsPalladiumHydrogen storageAstronomyVanadiumUniversity of the Western Cape