Green hydrogen generation assisted by electroreforming of raw sugarcane bagasse waste
Biomass is widely acknowledged as a renewable and abundant substitute for fossil fuels that is considered CO2-neutral. Thermal process-based energy extraction without proper carbon capture and storage still dominates biomass utilization and inevitably results in CO2 emission. It is appealing to deve...
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| author | Lee, Li Quan Zhao, Hu Lim, Tian Yee Ge, Junyu Ding, Ovi Lian Liu, Wen Li, Hong |
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| description | Biomass is widely acknowledged as a renewable and abundant substitute for fossil fuels that is considered CO2-neutral. Thermal process-based energy extraction without proper carbon capture and storage still dominates biomass utilization and inevitably results in CO2 emission. It is appealing to develop a greener biowaste utilization method. Recently, biomass-derived small molecules were reported to be electrochemically reformed into valuable chemicals in a green process under ambient conditions. However, the reforming of raw biomass is still challenging, owing to its rigid and chemically stable structure. Herein, direct electroreforming of sugarcane bagasse waste for cogeneration of green hydrogen and valuable chemicals is reported. Having suppressed oxygen evolution and thus avoided hydrogen-oxygen mixture formation, our electroreforming process could be directly driven by photovoltaic electricity, presenting a safe and low-carbon route to green hydrogen and chemicals from raw biomass. Additionally, life cycle assessment shows that the electroreforming upcycling process driven by photovoltaic electricity and waste heat affords the lowest global warming potential amongst various process configurations, including conventional waste management methods, promising for decarbonisation and sustainable development.
An efficient and environmentally friendly pretreatment-electrochemical upcycling process for sugarcane bagasse waste to cogenerate green hydrogen and formate. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1713212024-08-31T16:47:58Z Green hydrogen generation assisted by electroreforming of raw sugarcane bagasse waste Lee, Li Quan Zhao, Hu Lim, Tian Yee Ge, Junyu Ding, Ovi Lian Liu, Wen Li, Hong School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre (AEBC) SJ-NTU Corporate Laboratory Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) Research Techno Plaza CNRS International NTU THALES Research Alliances Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute Engineering Life-cycle assessment Dilute-acid pretreatment Biomass is widely acknowledged as a renewable and abundant substitute for fossil fuels that is considered CO2-neutral. Thermal process-based energy extraction without proper carbon capture and storage still dominates biomass utilization and inevitably results in CO2 emission. It is appealing to develop a greener biowaste utilization method. Recently, biomass-derived small molecules were reported to be electrochemically reformed into valuable chemicals in a green process under ambient conditions. However, the reforming of raw biomass is still challenging, owing to its rigid and chemically stable structure. Herein, direct electroreforming of sugarcane bagasse waste for cogeneration of green hydrogen and valuable chemicals is reported. Having suppressed oxygen evolution and thus avoided hydrogen-oxygen mixture formation, our electroreforming process could be directly driven by photovoltaic electricity, presenting a safe and low-carbon route to green hydrogen and chemicals from raw biomass. Additionally, life cycle assessment shows that the electroreforming upcycling process driven by photovoltaic electricity and waste heat affords the lowest global warming potential amongst various process configurations, including conventional waste management methods, promising for decarbonisation and sustainable development. An efficient and environmentally friendly pretreatment-electrochemical upcycling process for sugarcane bagasse waste to cogenerate green hydrogen and formate. Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Nanyang Technological University National Research Foundation (NRF) This work was supported by the A*STAR Science and Engineering Research Council AME IRG funding (A1983c0029) and the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister's Office, Singapore under its Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) programme (Award Number: NRF2022-ITC004-0001). Li Quan Lee would like to thank Nanyang Technological University for the research scholarship under the Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute/Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme (NEWRI/IGP). 2023-10-19T02:10:56Z 2023-10-19T02:10:56Z 2023 Journal Article Lee, L. Q., Zhao, H., Lim, T. Y., Ge, J., Ding, O. L., Liu, W. & Li, H. (2023). Green hydrogen generation assisted by electroreforming of raw sugarcane bagasse waste. Green Chemistry, 25(19), 7707-7720. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D3GC01603J 1463-9262 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171321 10.1039/D3GC01603J 19 25 7707 7720 en A1983c0029 NRF2022-ITC004-0001 Green Chemistry © 2023 The Royal Society of Chemistry. All rights reserved. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Engineering Life-cycle assessment Dilute-acid pretreatment Lee, Li Quan Zhao, Hu Lim, Tian Yee Ge, Junyu Ding, Ovi Lian Liu, Wen Li, Hong Green hydrogen generation assisted by electroreforming of raw sugarcane bagasse waste |
| title | Green hydrogen generation assisted by electroreforming of raw sugarcane bagasse waste |
| title_full | Green hydrogen generation assisted by electroreforming of raw sugarcane bagasse waste |
| title_fullStr | Green hydrogen generation assisted by electroreforming of raw sugarcane bagasse waste |
| title_full_unstemmed | Green hydrogen generation assisted by electroreforming of raw sugarcane bagasse waste |
| title_short | Green hydrogen generation assisted by electroreforming of raw sugarcane bagasse waste |
| title_sort | green hydrogen generation assisted by electroreforming of raw sugarcane bagasse waste |
| topic | Engineering Life-cycle assessment Dilute-acid pretreatment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171321 |
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