Demonstrating hydrogen production from ammonia using lithium imide - Powering a small proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Hazel M. A. Hunter; Joshua W. Makepeace; Thomas J. Wood; O. Simon Mylius; Mark G. Kibble; Jamie B. Nutter; Martin O. Jones; William I. F. David

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.08.004

Demonstrating hydrogen production from ammonia using lithium imide - Powering a small proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Hazel M. A. Hunter^*, Joshua W. Makepeace, Thomas J. Wood, O. Simon Mylius, Mark G. Kibble, Jamie B. Nutter, Martin O. Jones, William I. F. David

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Abstract

Accessing the intrinsic hydrogen content within ammonia, NH3, has the potential to play a very significant role in the future of a CO2-free sustainable energy supply. Inexpensive light metal imides and amides are effective at decomposing ammonia to hydrogen and nitrogen (2NH(3) -> 3H(2) + N-2), at modest temperatures, and thus represent a low-cost approach to on-demand hydrogen production. Building upon this discovery, this paper describes the integration of an ammonia cracking unit with a post-reactor gas purification system and a small-scale PEM fuel cell to create a first bench-top demonstrator for the production of hydrogen using light metal imides. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	138-147
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Power Sources
Volume	329
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.08.004
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2016

Keywords

Ammonia cracking
Demonstrator
Hydrogen production
PEM fuel cell
Lithium imide
Dead-ended anode
Performance
Adsorption

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Demonstrating hydrogen production from ammonia using lithium imide - Powering a small proton exchange membrane fuel cell

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