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ReviewFundamental research2025

Novel green hydrogen - Fossil fuel dehydrogenation.

Kaiqiang Zhang, Zhijun Jin, Quanyou Liu, Lirong Liu

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Review in Fundamental research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Decarbonization via plasma-enabled COFundamental research · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kaiqiang ZhangInstitute of Energy, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Zhijun JinInstitute of Energy, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Quanyou LiuInstitute of Energy, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Lirong LiuCentre for Environment & Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change requires an immediate transition from fossil fuels to clean energy sources. Although hydrogen is considered a future energy source, over 90% of hydrogen is currently produced from fossil fuels, and large-scale renewable-fed hydrogen processes are limited by current technologies and economic processes. Therefore, hydrogen production from fossil fuels is a significant topic, particularly if fossil fuel-fed hydrogen production and utilization can be absolutely carbon-free. For the first time, this review critically discusses and analyses the current advances and fundamentals of fossil fuel dehydrogenation from the perspective of techno-economic-environmental assessments while considering all potential fossil resources and hydrogen technology. This review concludes that the preference of fossil fuels for any hydrogen production technology is as follows: fossil gas > heavy fossil liquid > light fossil liquid > fossil minerals. Thermo-catalytic hydrocarbon decomposition can outperform most other hydrocarbon reforming and pyrolysis processes owing to its energy efficiency, economic effectiveness, and environmental friendliness. Further, we explore potentially new "green hydrogen" technology and confirm that fossil fuels could be completely decarbonized throughout the full-chain stages from exploration to production and consumption. Overall, this work reveals that fossil fuels can be utilized completely carbon-free and provides technical support for future fossil fuel dehydrogenation and energy decarbonization in academic research, industrial practice, and governmental strategies.

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Carbon-free processFossil fuelHydrogen productionResource and technologyTechno-economic-environmental analysis

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PMID41466976
PMCPMC12744672

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