Patent ID: 8435476

Claim:
A method for providing a fuel cell with hydrogen comprising the steps of: intermediate storage of a liquid, solid or dissolved hydrogen storage material selected from a group consisting of liquid silanes, liquid mixtures of silanes, liquid silane solutions, wherein in the silane solutions at least one silane is dissolved in at least one liquid solvent, polysilanes in solid form, and liquid polysilane solutions, wherein in the polvsilane solution at least one polysilane is dissolved in at least one liquid solvent, transfer of the hydrogen storage material from the intermediate storage to a reaction chamber, conversion of the hydrogen storage material in the reaction chamber with an aqueous solution with an acidic or neutral pH value or a vapor of the aqueous solution to release H 2 , removal of conversion products from the reaction chamber, and transfer of the generated H 2 to the fuel cell, wherein the conversion of the silanes and/or polysilanes takes place at temperatures above about 80° C.