Stanford researchers find innovative process to boost clean hydrogen production
In California, Stanford University said that researchers at Stanford have developed a new, highly efficient, and low-emission method for producing hydrogen.
The process improves heating efficiency by using some of the produced hydrogen to heat the process internally rather than externally.
The method, described in a new study published in Science, uses a process called methane pyrolysis, which breaks methane down into hydrogen gas and solid carbon rather than the gaseous CO2 released by conventional hydrogen production.
Beyond the gains in efficiency, the researchers found an unexpected benefit to the new process: the solid carbon produced by the reaction turned out to be high-quality graphite, a material used in batteries, electrodes, and other technologies.
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