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Hydrogen is environment friendly, it does not generate polluting emissions during its combustion. Currently, most of the hydrogen production comes from petroleum-derived fuels where industrial processes intervene to obtain gaseous hydrogen, some of them include reforming with natural gas, partial oxidation of methane, and coal gasification. Other processes involve the thermochemical splitting of water. Other processes involve thermochemical water-splitting, photoelectrochemical water-splitting, and electrolysis of water. Nevertheless, biological approaches are being investigated by hydrogen production (biohydrogen). Such methods include biomass-derived liquid reforming, biomass gasification, photobiological processes, and microbial biomass conversion, which are biotechnology oriented. This chapter will deal with biohydrogen production from biomass, the benefits, drawbacks involved, and applications.
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Díaz-Cruz, E.B., Rodriguez-Torres, M.d.P. (2023). Biotechnology in Hydrogen Generation. In: Rodriguez-Torres, M.d.P., Martinez-Alonso, C. (eds) Biotechnology in the generation of biofuels. Interdisciplinary Biotechnological Advances. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9187-5_7
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