This project proposes studying ways to increase the hydrogen adsorption capacity in carbon foam by doping it with various transition metal nanoparticles. Carbon foams have several advantages in hydrogen storage: they are the lightest known material (this is particularly important for storing onboard vehicles) and have a high specific density (2-10 x 10-3 g/cm3) as well as a very high specific surface (300-400 m2/g). The successful candidate will perform the synthesis of carbon foams using a physico-chemical approach [1,2], including the dispersion of the metals on their surface. The materials will be characterised by XRD, SEM-EDX and other state-of-art techniques. Finally, experiments and modelling of hydrogen adsorption on the foams will be carried out. This research will allow us to understand the hydrogen adsorption mechanism into doped carbon foams and, eventually, enhance their efficiency for hydrogen storage.