As the lead laboratory for the DOE Metal Hydride Center of Excellence, Sandia National Laboratories California site coordinates research among the center partners in addition to its role in materials discovery and engineering science. For materials discovery, Sandia coordinates the team focusing on complex reversible hydrides and other hydride-based materials, such as the lithium amides.

Through its Hydrogen Program, Sandia's hydrogen storage work focuses on identifying new, novel materials with high hydrogen weight capacities through fundamental modeling, experimental synthesis, and materials characterization.

Sandia is also conducting the following work:

• Exploring the modification of sodium alanates to obtain higher capacity without a loss in hydrogen sorption kinetics
• Looking for new hydrides Developing low-temperature reversible lithium amides
• Investigating novel materials synthesis methods and processes.

Sandia will also conduct a parallel effort in safety and engineering sciences for the design of a light weight, compact, high-capacity hydrogen storage system.