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Cover Picture: Towards an Efficient Hydrogen Production from Biomass: A Review of Processes and Materials (ChemCatChem 3/2011)
Author(s) -
Chen De,
He Li
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201190008
Subject(s) - biomass (ecology) , hydrogen production , hydrogen , environmental science , yield (engineering) , catalysis , decomposition , process (computing) , biochemical engineering , chemistry , process engineering , nanotechnology , materials science , computer science , organic chemistry , engineering , agronomy , biology , metallurgy , operating system
The cover picture shows an efficient process of the one‐stage hydrogen production by integrating in situ CO 2 removal into catalytic reactions in processing biomass‐related chemicals. Besides the advantage in increasing hydrogen yield and purity, it opens great opportunities for using various feedstocks derived from biomass, easy CO 2 sequestration, simple process layout, and efficient energy utilization. In their Review on p. 490 ff., De Chen et al. provide an up‐to‐date analysis of the main approaches in the conversion of biomass‐related feedstocks to hydrogen. They suggest the possible directions with a primary focus on the integration of in situ CO 2 capture into the conversion processes. The challenges in selective CC bond activation and the suppression of the severe thermal decomposition of most biomass‐related feedstocks were also addressed.