Applying computational Materials Design (CMD) toward efficient hydrogen production from water
Hydrogen is probably the most promising solution to our global energy problems for the future. However, in order to support the developing hydrogen economy, efficient processes for hydrogen production and storage become necessary. Now a days, the hydrogen production is a large and growing industr...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/23076/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23076/1/p78.pdf |
| Summary: | Hydrogen is probably the most promising solution to our global energy problems for the future.
However, in order to support the developing hydrogen economy, efficient processes for hydrogen
production and storage become necessary. Now a days, the hydrogen production is a large and growing
industry. Globally, some 50 million metric tons of hydrogen are produced in a year. The growth rate is
around 10% per year.
Hydrogen can be produced using fossil fuels via steam reforming or partial oxidation of natural gas
and by coal gasification. Produced in this fashion, hydrogen will generate less CO2 than conventional
internal combustion engines (including the emissions during fuel production, delivery, and use in the
vehicle), and thus contributes less to global warming. It can also be produced via electrolysis using
electricity and water, consuming approximately 50 kilowatt hours of electricity per kilogram. This method
is still expensive.
The direct thermal splitting of water, 2H2O |
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