A comparative overview of hydrogen production processes

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue , 2017, Pages 597-611

  Nikolaidis, Pavlos ^a   Poullikkas, Andreas ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Green hydrogen; Hydrogen production; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL DEPOSITS; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYDROGEN STORAGE; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; FOSSIL-FUEL DEPLETIONS; GREEN HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS; HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES; PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS; SOLAR AND WINDS; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84988353044     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.044     Document Type: Review

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