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Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (6): 420-426.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2018.06.005

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From carbon to hydrogen energy: yesterday, today and tomorrow

BASHIR Sajid①，ZHEN Qiang②，LI Rong②，LI Cuixia③，LIU Jingbo Louise①④   

  1. ①Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363-8202, USA; ②Nano-Science ＆ Technology Research Center/Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; ③School of Materials Science & Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China; ④Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA
  • Received:2018-07-06 Online:2018-12-25 Published:2018-12-21

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Abstract:

This paper briefly outlined the development of the modern energy, with a focus on hydrogen as alternative fuels. Three key fields, production, storage and application are discussed. Being high energy carrier, the hydrogen can provide high energy density as a fuel, with zero or near-zero emission of carbon to the atmosphere. The authors found that the de-centralized hydrogen technique can improve the velocity and mileage of a fuel-cell-driven model car by more than 30%.