Abstract
Hydrogen is considered as the most promising energy carrier for providing a clean, reliable, and sustainable energy system. It can be produced from a diverse array of potential feedstocks including water, fossil fuels, and organic matter.
Electrolysis is the best option for producing hydrogen very quickly and conveniently (Sasikumar et al., Int J Hydrog Energy 33:5905–5910, 2008).
Water electrolysis as a source of hydrogen production has recently gained much attention since it can produce high-purity hydrogen and can be compatible with renewable energies. Besides the water electrolysis, aqueous methanol electrolysis has been reported in several studies. The aqueous methanol electrolysis proceeds at much lower voltage than that with the water electrolysis. As a result of the substantially lower operating voltage, the energy efficiency for methanol electrolysis can be higher than that for water electrolysis (Pham et al., Int J Hydrog Energy 38(1):73–81, 2013).
In this paper, we are interested with methanol electrolysis in order to produce hydrogen.
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Menia, S., Lassouane, F., Tebibel, H., Khellaf, A. (2018). Hydrogen Production from Methanol Electrolysis. In: Aloui, F., Dincer, I. (eds) Exergy for A Better Environment and Improved Sustainability 2. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62575-1_32
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