Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 18, 2105073 (2023)

Review Articles

Control and Application of Ultrahigh Hydrogen Flux in Materials
Makoto I. KOBAYASHI1,2), Yuji HATANO3), Masanori HARA3), Yasuhisa OYA4), Yuji YAMAUCHI5), Teppei OTSUKA6) and Takuya NAGASAKA1,2)
1)
National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
2)
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
3)
Hydrogen Isotope Research Center, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
4)
Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
5)
Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
6)
School of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
(Received 21 February 2023 / Accepted 3 July 2023 / Published 17 August 2023)

Abstract

This paper reviews the control and the application of ultrahigh hydrogen flux in materials for fusion reactors and future hydrogen societies. Ultrahigh hydrogen flux can be efficiently formed by the combination of hydrogen plasma exposure and the surface modification method, similar to super-permeation. The paper discusses the possibility of the fabrication of oversaturated hydrogen storage materials and the effective tritium removal from the components using the ultrahigh hydrogen flux.

Keywords

hydrogen, tritium, super-permeation, hydrogen storage, tritium decontamination

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.18.2105073

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