Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Alkaline thermal treatment of seaweed for high-purity hydrogen production with carbon capture and storage potential

  • Kang Zhang,
  • Woo-Jae Kim,
  • Ah-Hyung Alissa Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17627-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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While biomass may serve as a renewable source of carbon-neutral hydrogen, it is challenging both to utilize as-found bio-resources and to suppress CO2 formation. Here, authors convert wet, salty seaweed using alkaline thermal treatment to produce high-purity hydrogen and suppress carbon emission.