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Stepwise methane steam reforming: a route to CO-free hydrogen

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A method for the production of clean hydrogen is demonstrated. The process consists of two steps involving the decomposition of methane to CO-free hydrogen and surface carbon in the first step followed by steam gasification of this surface carbon in the second step. This process can be operated in cycles and could be an excellent hydrogen source for fuel cells and other devices or processes requiring CO-free hydrogen.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, PO Box 30012, College Station, TX, 77842-3012, USA

    T.V. Choudhary & D.W. Goodman

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Choudhary, T., Goodman, D. Stepwise methane steam reforming: a route to CO-free hydrogen. Catalysis Letters 59, 93–94 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019008202235

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