Citation: Shurui Fan, Yichao Wu, Xiaonian Li, Lili Lin. Catalysis in Methanol-H₂ Energy System: Progresses and Challenges[J]. Chemistry, ;2021, 84(1): 21-30. shu

Catalysis in Methanol-H₂ Energy System: Progresses and Challenges

Institute of Industrial Catalysis, State Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014

Corresponding author: Lili Lin, linll@zjut.edu.cn
Received Date: 27 July 2020
Accepted Date: 10 October 2020

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Methanol is considered as an excellent hydrogen carrier (the gravimetric hydrogen density over 12.5%). The "methanol-hydrogen" energy system has been proposed in aiming at solving the H₂ transportation and storage problem, one of the major bottleneck problems in hydrogen application, and promoting the utilization of hydrogen energy in large scale. How to generate hydrogen from methanol efficiently and selectively has been one of the vital components in the methanol-H₂ system. In this review, the recent progresses and challenges in the catalysis for hydrogen production from methanol are introduced in detail. We discuss the advantages and economic rationality of storing and releasing hydrogen into/from methanol. The methods of catalytic hydrogen evolution from methanol along with the structure and mechanism of representative hydrogen production catalysts are also reviewed in details. We anticipate this perspective to provide references for the catalytic studies of methanol-H₂ energy system and promote the development of suitable catalysts for the potential large scale H₂ production in the near future.
- Methanol,
- Hydrogen storage,
- Methanol reforming,
- Catalytic hydrogen production
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