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Biogenic Formic Acid as a Green Hydrogen Carrier
Author(s) -
Preuster Patrick,
Albert Jakob
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
energy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2194-4296
pISSN - 2194-4288
DOI - 10.1002/ente.201700572
Subject(s) - formic acid , catalysis , methanol , environmentally friendly , chemistry , carbonylation , hydrogen , biomass (ecology) , decomposition , aqueous solution , raw material , chemical industry , fossil fuel , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , hydrogen storage , carbon monoxide , engineering , ecology , oceanography , biology , geology
Formic acid (FA) is an important platform chemical that has numerous applications in the chemical and agricultural industries, as well as in the leather industry. To date, FA is exclusively produced from fossil raw materials using either carbonylation of methanol or acidolysis of formates. Here, sustainable and environmentally friendly approaches to produce biogenic FA from biomass (e.g., OxFA‐process) are presented and combined with different approaches for the catalytic decomposition of bio‐based FA solutions. Several homogeneous and heterogeneous approaches for the catalytic decomposition of aqueous FA to hydrogen and CO 2 are compared for their applicability. Moreover, their technical applications in fuel cells, as energy storage vectors, and as hydrogen storage molecules are discussed.