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  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,987 Views
13 Pages

13 December 2022

In this paper, the results of an experimental study on hydrogen production at a tungsten discharge electrode with negative polarity in the DC electrolysis of a typical 10 wt% Na2CO3 aqueous solution in three operational regimes (the Faradaic, transit...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
11,059 Views
40 Pages

12 October 2022

This paper reviews the progress in applying the plasma-driven solution electrolysis (PDSE), which is also referred to as the contact glow-discharge electrolysis (CGDE) or plasma electrolysis, for hydrogen production. The physicochemical processes res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,232 Views
10 Pages

The source of raw materials for hydrogen production can be expanded by using vine waste as a substrate. Likewise, the effectiveness of vine waste can also be improved. However, plant parts such as stems and leaves often differ in physicochemical prop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,400 Views
18 Pages

23 March 2022

Photocatalysts lead vitally to water purifications and decarbonise environment each by wastewater treatment and hydrogen (H2) production as a renewable energy source from water-photolysis. This work deals with the photocatalytic degradation of ciprof...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,376 Views
15 Pages

Controlling Parameters in the Efficiency of Hydrogen Production via Electrification with Multi-Phase Plasma Processing Technology

  • Shariful Islam Bhuiyan,
  • Kunpeng Wang,
  • Md Abdullah Hil Baky,
  • Jamie Kraus,
  • Howard Jemison and
  • David Staack

20 July 2023

A nanosecond pulsed non-equilibrium plasma reactor is used to crack hydrocarbons into hydrogen and lighter intermediates at atmospheric pressure and warm temperature. The effects of power, capacitance, breakdown voltage, pulsing frequency, energy per...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,162 Views
12 Pages

Maximizing Bio-Hydrogen and Energy Yields Obtained in a Self-Fermented Anaerobic Bioreactor by Screening of Different Sewage Sludge Pretreatment Methods

  • Alaa A. El-kebeer,
  • Usama F. Mahmoud,
  • Sayed Ismail,
  • Abu Abbas E. Jalal,
  • Przemysław Kowal,
  • Hussein E. Al-Hazmi and
  • Gamal K. Hassan

2 January 2024

Egypt faces significant challenges in managing its sewage sludge generated in large quantities from wastewater treatment plants. This study investigates the feasibility of utilizing sewage sludge as a renewable resource for hydrogen production throug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,543 Views
17 Pages

3 April 2025

Biogas (primarily biomethane), as a carbon-neutral renewable energy source, holds great potential to replace fossil fuels for sustainable hydrogen production. Conventional biogas reforming systems adopt strategies similar to industrial natural gas re...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,508 Views
16 Pages

30 November 2023

The growing interest in hydrogen production arises from its higher energy density, making it an attractive option for energy storage and fuel applications. However, hydrogen production relies heavily on fossil fuels, producing substantial CO2 emissio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,702 Views
11 Pages

Study on the Effect of Two-Phase Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Rice Straw and Rural Sludge on Hydrogen and Methane Production

  • Hengjun Tang,
  • Cheng Tang,
  • Heng Luo,
  • Jun Wu,
  • Jinliang Wu,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Libo Jin and
  • Da Sun

20 November 2023

Hydrogen and methane, as chemical raw materials with broad application prospects in the future market, can be produced by the two-phase anaerobic co-digestion of rice straw and sludge. The study was carried out using a medium-temperature batch experi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,019 Views
13 Pages

Towards Higher Energy Conversion Efficiency by Bio-Hydrogen and Bio-Methane Co-Production: Effect of Enzyme Loading and Initial pH

  • Xueting Zhang,
  • Zhipeng Song,
  • Danping Jiang,
  • Chenxi Xia,
  • Zejie Li,
  • Wenzhe Li and
  • Quanguo Zhang

Bio-hydrogen and bio-methane co-production was a promising way to enhance the energy conversion efficiency, and enzyme loading and pH are key factors influencing anaerobic fermentation processes. Therefore, in this study, the co-production process of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,909 Views
20 Pages

Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Plastic Waste: Optimizing Pyrolysis for a Circular Economy

  • Fiyinfoluwa Joan Medaiyese,
  • Hamid Reza Nasriani,
  • Khalid Khan and
  • Leila Khajenoori

Hydrogen is a clean, non-polluting fuel and a key player in decarbonizing the energy sector. Interest in hydrogen production has grown due to climate change concerns and the need for sustainable alternatives. Despite advancements in waste-to-hydrogen...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,706 Views
22 Pages

Advances in Bio-Hydrogen Production: A Critical Review of Pyrolysis Gas Reforming

  • Kaveh Zayer Kabeh,
  • Matteo Prussi and
  • David Chiaramonti

4 April 2025

Supplying the growing energy demand of emerging economies by utilizing available biogenic streams will be a key challenge in the coming years. Hydrogen is a promising alternative energy carrier to support the transition of the energy sector and other...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,925 Views
10 Pages

Development of Photothermal Catalyst from Biomass Ash (Bagasse) for Hydrogen Production via Dry Reforming of Methane (DRM): An Experimental Study

  • Ittichai Kanchanakul,
  • Thongchai Rohitatisha Srinophakun,
  • Sanchai Kuboon,
  • Hiroaki Kaneko,
  • Wasawat Kraithong,
  • Masahiro Miyauchi and
  • Akira Yamaguchi

Conventional hydrogen production, as an alternative energy resource, has relied on fossil fuels to produce hydrogen, releasing CO2 into the atmosphere. Hydrogen production via the dry forming of methane (DRM) process is a lucrative solution to utiliz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,172 Views
17 Pages

1 November 2025

The increasing global demand for clean energy highlights hydrogen as a strategic energy carrier due to its high energy density and carbon-free utilization. Currently, steam methane reforming (SMR) is the most widely applied method for hydrogen produc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,480 Views
12 Pages

Furfural Influences Hydrogen Evolution and Energy Conversion in Photo-Fermentation by Rhodobacter capsulatus

  • Wen Cao,
  • Xuan Wei,
  • Youmin Jiang,
  • Jiali Feng,
  • Zixuan Gao and
  • Canfang Tang

31 August 2022

Furfural, as a typical byproduct produced during the hydrolysis of lignocellulose biomass, is harmful to the photo fermentation hydrogen production. In this work, the effects of furfural on the photo fermentation hydrogen production by Rhodobacter ca...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
63 Citations
8,185 Views
26 Pages

Seed Pretreatment for Increased Hydrogen Production Using Mixed-Culture Systems with Advantages over Pure-Culture Systems

  • Vinayak Laxman Pachapur,
  • Prianka Kutty,
  • Preetika Pachapur,
  • Satinder Kaur Brar,
  • Yann Le Bihan,
  • Rosa Galvez-Cloutier and
  • Gerardo Buelna

7 February 2019

Hydrogen is an important source of energy and is considered as the future energy carrier post-petroleum era. Nowadays hydrogen production through various methods is being explored and developed to minimize the production costs. Biological hydrogen pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,503 Views
17 Pages

The Use of Acidic Hydrolysates after Furfural Production from Sugar Waste Biomass as a Fermentation Medium in the Biotechnological Production of Hydrogen

  • Weronika Cieciura-Włoch,
  • Michał Binczarski,
  • Jolanta Tomaszewska,
  • Sebastian Borowski,
  • Jarosław Domański,
  • Piotr Dziugan and
  • Izabela Witońska

21 August 2019

This study investigates a simultaneous processing of sugar beet pulp (SBP) for furfural, hydrogen and methane production using various pretreatment methods. In the experiments, sugar beet pulp was first subjected to thermal and thermochemical pretrea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,751 Views
16 Pages

26 December 2017

The objective of this study was to efficiently utilize the napier grass and its silage to produce bio-hydrogen and methane by a two-stage process in batch mode. First, the production of hydrogen from a co-digestion of grass with cow dung and silage w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,957 Views
14 Pages

Thermodynamic Analysis of Hydrogen Production from Bio-Oil Steam Reforming Utilizing Waste Heat of Steel Slag

  • Zhijun Ding,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Xin Yao,
  • Yuekai Xue,
  • Chenxiao Li,
  • Zhihui Li,
  • Shuhuan Wang and
  • Jianwei Wu

3 August 2023

(1) Background: The discharged temperature of steel slag is up to 1450 °C, representing heat having a high calorific value. (2) Motivation: A novel technology, integrating bio-oil steam reforming with waste heat recovery from steel slag for hydro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,146 Views
10 Pages

Thermodynamic Analysis of the Steam Reforming of Acetone by Gibbs Free Energy (GFE) Minimization

  • Joshua O. Ighalo,
  • Faith Uchechukwu Onyema,
  • Victor E. Ojukwu and
  • Johnbosco C. Egbueri

13 January 2025

Steam reforming is an important industrial process for hydrogen production. Acetone, the by-product of phenol production from cumene peroxidation, is a useful source of hydrogen due to its availability and low value compared to hydrogen fuel. This st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,779 Views
13 Pages

Biological Hydrogen Energy Production by Novel Strains Bacillus paramycoides and Cereibacter azotoformans through Dark and Photo Fermentation

  • Eldon Chung Han Chua,
  • Siaw Khur Wee,
  • Jibrail Kansedo,
  • Sie Yon Lau,
  • King Hann Lim,
  • Sharul Sham Dol and
  • Anuj Nishanth Lipton

28 April 2023

In daily life, energy plays a critical role. Hydrogen energy is widely recognized as one of the cleanest energy carriers available today. However, hydrogen must be produced as it does not exist freely in nature. Various methods are available for hydr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,570 Views
26 Pages

The global emphasis on clean energy has increased interest in producing hydrogen from petroleum reservoirs through in situ combustion-based processes. While field practices have demonstrated the feasibility of co-producing hydrogen and oil, the quest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
484 Views
17 Pages

Potential of Acrocomia aculeata Pulp Waste for Fermentative Hydrogen Production and the Impact of Hydrothermal Pretreatment

  • María Laura Correa-Quevedo,
  • Danilo Cantero,
  • Enkeledo Menalla,
  • José de Jesús Montoya-Rosales,
  • Osvaldo D. Frutos,
  • Raúl Muñoz and
  • Octavio García-Depraect

26 November 2025

This study provides the first comprehensive evaluation of the biochemical hydrogen production (BHP) potential of Acrocomia aculeata pulp waste, a residue abundantly generated during fruit processing in Latin America. The valorization of this underuse...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
18,383 Views
33 Pages

Biohydrogen Produced via Dark Fermentation: A Review

  • Marcela Moreira Albuquerque,
  • Gabriela de Bona Sartor,
  • Walter Jose Martinez-Burgos,
  • Thamarys Scapini,
  • Thiago Edwiges,
  • Carlos Ricardo Soccol and
  • Adriane Bianchi Pedroni Medeiros

14 September 2024

Hydrogen (H2) is a highly efficient and clean energy source with the potential for renewable energy. The production of H2 from biological routes such as biophotolysis, photofermentation, dark fermentation, and bioelectrochemical production is charact...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,272 Views
29 Pages

Analysis of the Sugarcane Biomass Use to Produce Green Hydrogen: Brazilian Case Study

  • Gustavo Henrique Romeu da Silva,
  • Andreas Nascimento,
  • Diego Nascimento,
  • Julian David Hunt and
  • Mauro Hugo Mathias

6 February 2025

Conventional hydrogen production processes, which often involve fossil raw materials, emit significant amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This study critically evaluates the feasibility of using sugarcane biomass as an energy source to pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,372 Views
34 Pages

Comprehensive Study on Hydrogen Production for Sustainable Transportation Planning: Strategic, Techno-Economic, and Environmental Impacts

  • Mohammadamin Ganji,
  • Mohammad Gheibi,
  • Alireza Aldaghi,
  • Klodian Dhoska,
  • Sonila Vito,
  • Sina Atari and
  • Reza Moezzi

Hydrogen energy is essential in the transition to sustainable transportation planning, providing a clean and efficient alternative to traditional fossil fuels. As a versatile energy carrier, hydrogen facilitates the decarbonization of diverse transpo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,054 Views
28 Pages

18 September 2025

The transition toward low-carbon energy systems requires reliable tools for assessing renewable-based hydrogen production under real-world climatic and economic conditions. This study presents a novel probabilistic framework integrating the following...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,163 Views
17 Pages

29 July 2022

Bio-hydrogen from residual biomass may involve energy-intensive pre-treatments for drying and size management, as in the case of wet agro-industrial residues. This work assesses the performance of an alternative process layout for bio-hydrogen produc...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,026 Views
30 Pages

21 October 2025

The potential for hydrogen production from heavy oil reservoirs has gained significant attention as a dual-benefit process for both enhanced oil recovery and low-carbon energy generation. This study investigates the technical and economic feasibility...

  • Review
  • Open Access
612 Views
17 Pages

Biohydrogen Production from Agricultural and Livestock By-Products by Dark Fermentation: A Data Mining Approach

  • Federico Illuminati,
  • Rossana Savio,
  • Andrea Pezzuolo,
  • Giovanni Ferrari,
  • Francesco Marinello,
  • Mariangela Guidolin and
  • Maria Cristina Lavagnolo

7 November 2025

Hydrogen is being increasingly recognized as a promising clean, renewable energy carrier. Among the available production pathways, biological processes, particularly dark fermentation of residual biomasses and agricultural by-products, represent an a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,325 Views
12 Pages

It has become urgent to develop cost-effective and clean technologies for the rapid and efficient treatment of food waste leachate, caused by the rapid accumulation of food waste volume. Moreover, to face the energy crisis, and to avoid dependence on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,137 Views
16 Pages

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Study of Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation on the Metal-Terminated Tantalum-Carbide (111) Surface: A DFT Calculation

  • Saeedeh Sarabadani Tafreshi,
  • S. Fatemeh. K. S. Panahi,
  • Narges Taghizade,
  • Maryam Jamaati,
  • Mahkameh Ranjbar and
  • Nora H. de Leeuw

19 October 2022

The need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and lessen the environmentally harmful effects of CO2 have encouraged investigations into CO2 hydrogenation to produce useful products. Transition metal carbides exhibit a high propensity towards CO2 ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,588 Views
18 Pages

A Techno-Economic Study for Off-Grid Green Hydrogen Production Plants: The Case of Chile

  • Marcelo León,
  • Javier Silva,
  • Rodrigo Ortíz-Soto and
  • Samuel Carrasco

12 July 2023

In this study, we present a pre-feasibility analysis that examines the viability of implementing autonomous green hydrogen production plants in two strategic regions of Chile. With abundant renewable energy resources and growing interest in decarboni...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,763 Views
39 Pages

A Review on the Use of Catalysis for Biogas Steam Reforming

  • Sergio Nogales-Delgado,
  • Carmen María Álvez-Medina,
  • Vicente Montes and
  • Juan Félix González

29 November 2023

Hydrogen production from natural gas or biogas, at different purity levels, has emerged as an important technology with continuous development and improvement in order to stand for sustainable and clean energy. Regarding biogas, which can be obtained...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,702 Views
36 Pages

Renewable Hydrogen from Biomass: Technological Pathways and Economic Perspectives

  • José Ramón Copa Rey,
  • Cecilia Mateos-Pedrero,
  • Andrei Longo,
  • Bruna Rijo,
  • Paulo Brito,
  • Paulo Ferreira and
  • Catarina Nobre

18 July 2024

Hydrogen is undeniably one of the most promising options for producing energy with minimal environmental impact. However, current hydrogen production is still derived from carbon-intensive processes relying on fossil fuels. Biomass is a sustainable a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,009 Views
32 Pages

21 August 2025

Portugal’s commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050 has intensified the search for renewable energy alternatives, with biomass gasification emerging as a promising pathway for hydrogen production. This comprehensive review analyzes the potential...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,452 Views
11 Pages

Sustainable Additives for the Production of Hydrogen via Sodium Borohydride Hydrolysis

  • Lucía Gómez-Coma,
  • Diogo L. Silva,
  • Alfredo Ortiz,
  • Carmen M. Rangel,
  • Víctor Manuel Ortiz-Martínez,
  • Alexandra M. F. R. Pinto and
  • Inmaculada Ortiz

9 June 2023

Finding stable solutions for hydrogen storage is one of the main challenges to boosting its deployment as an energy vector and contributing to the decarbonization of the energy sector. In this context, sodium borohydride (NaBH4) has been largely stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,364 Views
11 Pages

Calculation of the Rate Constants of Vacuum Residue Hydrogenation Reactions in the Presence of a Chrysotile/NiTi Nanocatalyst

  • Nazerke Balpanova,
  • Murzabek Baikenov,
  • Assanali Ainabayev,
  • Aikorkem Kyzkenova,
  • Gulzhan Baikenova and
  • Almas Tusipkhan

23 August 2024

The paper presents the results of an investigation into the kinetics of catalytic hydrogenation of vacuum residue at temperatures of 380, 400 and 420 °C and different durations, ranging from 30 to 70 min, using a nanocatalyst containing the activ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,975 Views
11 Pages

16 August 2022

In this study, alternative uses for lignocellulosic waste by considering them a source of eco-friendly and renewable energy generation with the application of the anaerobic digestion of treated and untreated waste for biogas and biohydrogen generatio...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2,203 Views
12 Pages

Sustainable Hydrogen from Activated Carbon Derived from Fennel Waste

  • Mohamed Helally,
  • Manal B. Alhamdan,
  • Zainab Baloochi,
  • Hadir M. Ibrahim,
  • Naval Alhamdan,
  • Mostafa H. Sliem and
  • Noora Al-Qahtani

Hydrogen represents an environmentally friendly and renewable energy source that could substitute fossil fuels and diminish greenhouse gas emissions. However, conventional methods of producing hydrogen are frequently expensive, energy-intensive, or d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,976 Views
19 Pages

13 October 2022

The production of low-carbon gaseous fuels from biomass has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote energy sustainability, stability and affordability around the world. Glycerol, a large-volume by-product of biodiesel production,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,598 Views
15 Pages

Photofermentative Hydrogen Production from Real Dark Fermentation Effluents: A Sequential Valorization of Orange Peel Waste

  • Brenda Nelly López-Hernández,
  • Carlos Escamilla-Alvarado,
  • Alonso Albalate-Ramírez,
  • Pasiano Rivas-García,
  • Héctor Javier Amézquita-García,
  • Santiago Rodríguez-Valderrama and
  • María Guadalupe Paredes

This study explores the sequential valorization of orange peel waste (OPW) through photo-fermentation using real dark fermentation effluents (DFE) as substrates for hydrogen production using Rhodobacter capsulatus B10. Three DFE types—differing...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
906 Views
9 Pages

28 May 2025

The purpose of this work is to present a technologically feasible method for processing different types of biomass into energy-rich gas with a methane content higher than 60 vol.% or a hydrogen content higher than 65 vol.%. Selected biomass samples w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
3,761 Views
16 Pages

Archaeal and Bacterial Content in a Two-Stage Anaerobic System for Efficient Energy Production from Agricultural Wastes

  • Lyudmila Kabaivanova,
  • Venelin Hubenov,
  • Lyudmila Dimitrova,
  • Ivan Simeonov,
  • Haoping Wang and
  • Penka Petrova

23 February 2022

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a microbially-driven process enabling energy production. Microorganisms are the core of anaerobic digesters and play an important role in the succession of hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis, and methanogenesis process...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,818 Views
34 Pages

Cobalt Decarbonization Catalysts Turning Methane to Clean Hydrogen and Valuable Carbon Nanostructures: A Review

  • Elpida Zeza,
  • Eleni Pachatouridou,
  • Angelos A. Lappas and
  • Eleni F. Iliopoulou

4 February 2025

The continuous growth in world energy demands along with the urgent need for decarbonization are strong motivations for the development and usage of sustainable fuels. Hydrogen is highly anticipated to replace fossil fuels in energy production, as it...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,474 Views
13 Pages

24 June 2022

In recent years, with the development of hydrogen energy economy, there is an increasing demand for hydrogen in the market, and hydrogen production through biomass will provide an important way to supply clean, environmentally friendly and highly eff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,461 Views
17 Pages

Co-Design of a Wind–Hydrogen System: The Effect of Varying Wind Turbine Types on Techno-Economic Parameters

  • Thorsten Reichartz,
  • Georg Jacobs,
  • Lucas Blickwedel,
  • Dustin Frings and
  • Ralf Schelenz

21 September 2024

Green hydrogen is crucial for achieving climate neutrality and replacing fossil fuels in processes that are hard to electrify. Wind farms producing electricity and hydrogen can help mitigate stress on electricity grids and enable new markets for oper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,075 Views
22 Pages

31 July 2023

The physical and chemical characteristics of the microwave discharge in petroleum solvent during hydrogen production processes involving Ar, He, and CO2 barbotage were studied. Gas chromatography, emission spectroscopy, high-speed photography, and sh...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,657 Views
20 Pages

A Comprehensive Technical, Environmental, Economic, and Bibliometric Assessment of Hydrogen Production Through Biomass Gasification, Including Global and Brazilian Potentials

  • Pedro Tavares Borges,
  • Electo Eduardo Silva Lora,
  • Osvaldo José Venturini,
  • Marcelo Risso Errera,
  • Diego Mauricio Yepes Maya,
  • Yusuf Makarfi Isa,
  • Alexander Kozlov and
  • Shu Zhang

24 October 2024

It is well known that the widespread utilization of fossil fuels contributes to climate change, so exploring new sustainable energy sources is more important than ever for energy transition pathways. The variability and intermittency of solar and win...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,868 Views
27 Pages

A Review on Advanced Processes of Biohydrogen Generation from Lignocellulosic Biomass with Special Emphasis on Thermochemical Conversion

  • Rajat Kumar Sharma,
  • Mohammad Ali Nazari,
  • Juma Haydary,
  • Triveni Prasad Singh and
  • Sandip Mandal

1 September 2023

The utilization of lignocellulosic biomass as an alternative energy source presents a promising opportunity to achieve a future energy system that is clean and free from CO2 emissions. To realize this potential, it is crucial to develop effective tec...

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