Development of Hydrogen Storage Materials and Hydrogen Production Processes

Dear Colleagues,

With the depletion of traditional energy sources such as oil and coal, and considering that the combustion products of oil and coal generate the greenhouse effect and acid rain, human beings are facing severe challenges related to energy resources and environmental crisis, and the search for new clean energy sources has been put on the global agenda. Hydrogen is recognized as a green and clean energy carrier, and has received a great deal of attention. However, the realization of hydrogen energy economy faces three major problems: the cheap production of hydrogen in large quantities, efficient and safe storage and transportation, and the application of economies of scale. The development of hydrogen storage materials and hydrogen production processes has become a hot topic in the field of clean energy. At present, hydrogen production processes mainly include thermochemical hydrogen production, water electrolysis hydrogen production, biological hydrogen production, etc., of which thermochemical low-carbon hydrogen production can achieve low energy consumption and zero/negative carbon emission hydrogen production through the fine regulation of the thermochemical conversion process. A hydrogen storage material is nominally a material that can store hydrogen, but is in fact a material that must be reversibly absorbed and released by a large amount of hydrogen at the appropriate temperature and pressure. Hydrogen storage materials are important candidate materials as carriers for hydrogen storage and transportation in hydrogen energy systems. The combination of hydrogen and hydrogen storage materials will be the best combination for the development and utilization of new energy (i.e., hydrogen energy) in the future.

This Special Issue, titled “Development of Hydrogen Storage Materials and Hydrogen Production Processes”, aims to introduce the latest progress in topics related to hydrogen storage materials and hydrogen production processes. Topics include, but are not limited to, methods and/or application in the following areas:

• Hydrogen production processes;
• Hydrogen storage materials;
• Hydrogen utilization technologies;
• Distributed hydrogen energy systems;
• Advanced hydrogen production technologies.

Dr. Zhao Sun
Dr. Lei Shi
Guest Editors

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• hydrogen production
• hydrogen storage materials
• fossil fuels
• biomass
• water splitting
• electrolysis of water