Hydrogen Technology

The call for hydrogen as an energy vector is one of the solutions that will be appreciated for the future. We are interested in non-greenhouse gas applications and the realization of clean energy supply chains.

  • Hydrogen storage and material compatibility: Development of new metal hydrides for hydrogen storage through continuous knowledge creation and integration of results into the body of rules by reporting technical solutions.
  • Fuel cells
  • Production processes
  • Associated risks


    • The insertion of hydrogen in hydrides : a) FeTi, b) FeTiH, C) FeTiH2

    Publications (2013 - 2016)

    1. S. Djellab, Y. Bouhadda, M. Bououdina, N. Fenineche, Y. Boudouma, Structural, Electronic and Elastic Properties of MgH2, CaH2 and Ca4Mg3H14 for Hydrogen Storage Materials, Journal of Electronic Materials 45 (2016) 3935–3942.
    2. K. Benyelloul, L. Seddik, Y. Bouhadda, M. Bououdina, N. Fenineche, H. Aourag, B. Bouhafs, A datamining approach to predict the formation enthalpy for rare-earth dihydrides REH2 (RE = Ce,Pr,Dy), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41 (2016) 11254–11263.
    3. K. Khodja, Y. Bouhadda, L. Saddik, K. Benyelloul, Solid-State Structures and Properties of Scandium Hydride; Hydrogen Storage and Switchable Mirrors Application, the European Physical Journal Applied Physics 74 (2016) 24614.
    4. K. Benyelloul, Y. Bouhadda, M. Bououdina, N. Fenineche, H. Aourag, H. Faraoun, Structural, electronic, optical and elastic properties of Mg3TH7 (T=Mn, Tc and Re) complex hydrides: First-principles calculations, Revue des Energies Renouvelables Vol. 18 N°4 (2015) 611 – 631.
    5. Y. Bouhadda, M. Bououdina, N. Fenineche, Y. Boudouma, Hydrogen storage: Investigation of the elastic properties of Mg7NbH16 hydride, Revue des Energies Renouvelables Vol. 18 N°3 (2015) 503 – 512.
    6. K. Khodja, Y. Bouhadda, A. Belasri, Propriétés électroniques d’hydrure de phase zintl pour le stockage de l’hydrogène, Communication Science & technology 15 (2015) 64-72.
    7. K. Benyelloul, Y. Bouhadda, M. Bououdina, H.I. Faraoun, H. Aourag, L. Seddik, The effect of hydrogen on the mechanical properties of FeTi for hydrogen storage applications, Elsevier, International Journal of hydrogen energy, 39(2014) 12667-12675.
    8. B. Bahloul, A. Bentabet, L. Amirouche, Y. Bouhadda, S. Bounab, B. Deghfel, N. Fenineche, Ab initio calculations of structural, electronic, optical and thermodynamic properties of alkaline earth tellurides BaxSr1-XTe, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Volume 75, Issue 3, March (2014) 307-314.
    9. B. Dadda, S. Abboudi, R. Zarrit, A. Ghezal, Heat and mass transfer influence on potential variation in a PEMFC membrane, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39 (2014) 15238-15245.
    10. S Djellab, M. Diaf, K. Labbaci, L. Guerbous, Crystal growth and spectroscopic properties of Er3+ ions doped CdF2 single crystals, Phys. Scr. 89 (2014) 045101.
    11. H. Loukil, A. Belasri, K. Khodja, Z. Harrache, Theoretical kinetics investigation of xenon dielectric barrier discharge for excimer lamp, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol 42 N°3 March 2014. pp 712-720.
    12. M. Benyamina, A. Belasri, K. Khodja, Physico chemical investigation of homogenous pulsed discharge in N2/O2 for ozone production, Ozone: Science and Engineering Vol 36: 253-263. June 2014.
    13. K. Khodja, Y. Bouhadda, Electronic properties of Zintl phase hydride for hydrogen storage, Revue des Energies Renouvelables Vol. 17 N°2 (2014) 201 – 206.
    14. Y. Bouhadda, M. Bououdina, N. Fenineche, Y. Boudouma, Electronic and elastic properties of Mg7TiH16 hydrogen storage material, Computational Materials Science 78 (2013) 110–115.
    15. B. Dadda, S. Abboudi, A. Ghezal, Transient two-dimensional model of heat and mass transfer in a PEM fuel cell membrane, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 38 (2013) 7092–7101.
    16. Y. Bouhadda, M. Bououdina, N. Fenineche, Y. Boudouma, Elastic properties of perovskite-type hydride NaMgH3 for hydrogen storage, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 38 (2013) 1484-1489.
    17. K. Benyelloul, H. Aourag, Elastic constants of austenitic stainless steel: investigation by the first-principles calculations and the artificial neural network approach, Computational Materials Science 67 (2013) 353-358.
    18. K. Benyelloul, H. Aourag, Bulk modulus prediction of austenitic stainless steel using a hybrid GA-ANN as a datamining tools, Computational Materials Science 77 (2013) 330-334.