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Nanotechnological Approaches in Biohydrogen Production

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Organic Waste to Biohydrogen

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Hydrogen is the only fuel that does not pollute the atmosphere, which turns into water vapor when it burns. It is recommended instead of fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas, because it is both a clean fuel and the fossil-sourced fuels are running out. It is also believed that hydrogen (H2) was the main energy source in the first stages of the earth and had a great importance in life. Biohydrogen production is a valuable energy conversion process with the disposal of both industrial and domestic wastes that cause environmental pollution. Hydrogen has an energy potential of 122 kJ/g and is about 2.75 times greater than fossil fuels. Biohydrogen production is carried out by photo-fermentation and dark fermentation methods. Low yield in biohydrogen production is a major obstacle to obtaining it commercially. This obstacle is tried to be overcome by studies conducted with nanotechnological approaches and significant improvements have been achieved in hydrogen production efficiency in recent years. This chapter explains the nanobiotechnological potentials of hydrogen production with the use of nanomaterials in organic wastes and highlights the latest developments in reaction mechanisms. Also, in this section, emphasis is placed on the superior properties of nanomaterials in order to make biohydrogen production in a shorter time with higher efficiency, and more economical and sustainable with the use of nanomaterials.

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  1. Department of Food Technology, Vocational College of Technical Science, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey

    Hayrunnisa Nadaroglu

  2. Nano Science and Nano Engineering Application and Research Center, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey

    Hayrunnisa Nadaroglu & Azize Alayli

  3. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, Sakarya, Turkey

    Azize Alayli

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    Mohammed Kuddus

  2. Department of Basic Science, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

    Ghazala Yunus

  3. Department of Biotechnology, Dr Ambedkar College, Nagpur, India

    Pramod W. Ramteke

  4. Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, Institute of Science and Technology/ UFVJM, Diamantina, Brazil

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Nadaroglu, H., Alayli, A. (2022). Nanotechnological Approaches in Biohydrogen Production. In: Kuddus, M., Yunus, G., Ramteke, P.W., Molina, G. (eds) Organic Waste to Biohydrogen. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1995-4_10

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