Getting Hydrogen to the Gigaton Scale

Autor: Bryan S. Pivovar, Mark F. Ruth, Akihiro Nakano, Hirohide Furutani, Christopher Hebling, Tom Smolinka
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Electrochemical Society Interface. 30:85-88
ISSN: 1944-8783
1064-8208
DOI: 10.1149/2.f19214if
Popis: Due to its ability to perform clean, efficient processes, hydrogen has long been promoted as the energy carrier of the future, but recent activity and advances suggest a tipping point has been reached as hydrogen is now being recognized by much of the world for its unique capabilities to strongly support global efforts in achieving climate neutrality. The coming decades will require a massive increase in the amount of hydrogen used in the energy system as well as a transition from largely thermochemical to predominantly electrochemical processes involving hydrogen. For this to happen, hydrogen will need to globally approach the gigaton-scale on an annual basis. Thus, before hydrogen can fully achieve its potential, challenges that need to be addressed include achieving scale and further research and development (R&D) advances.
Databáze: OpenAIRE