Overview of the relative greenness of the main hydrogen production processes

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Demirci, Umit B ^a   Miele, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Green chemistry; Hydrogen; Hydrogen carriers; Hydrogen production; Metrics

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN CARRIERS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS; METRICS; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS;

PHOTOBIOLOGICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84878404917     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.03.025     Document Type: Review

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