Basic Energy Sciences Roundtable: Foundational Science for Carbon-Neutral Hydrogen Technologies

Technical Report · Mon Aug 02 04:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1834317· OSTI ID:1834317

Bullock, Morris ^[1]; More, Karren ^[2]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The amount of molecular hydrogen used worldwide is enormous; about 70 million metric tons are produced globally every year, with approximately 10 million metric tons produced within the U.S. alone. 1 Hydrogen is used primarily by the industrial sector for oil refining; chemical production, especially for ammonia; steel manufacturing; and transportation fuels. With the recent announcement of the Hydrogen Shot, the first U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Earthshot, the DOE declared a near-term focus on “accelerating breakthroughs of more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions within the decade.” Consequently, there is a compelling need for novel approaches to enable hydrogen processes and technologies that do not emit carbon dioxide (i.e., are carbon-neutral). Innovative hydrogen research and development is required to impact how hydrogen is produced, stored, transported, converted, and used. Although progress has been made over the previous two decades, fundamental research can play a critical role in overcoming the technical hurdles that continue to limit implementation of economically viable systems and processes for carbon-neutral hydrogen technologies.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• OSTI ID: 1834317
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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