Issue 4, 2025

Ethanol as a hydrogen carrier with a value-added co-product

Abstract

Traditional liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) rely on return/re-charge of the carrier and financial subsidy. We show here that ethanol, available at scale from fermentation, can be a revenue-positive hydrogen carrier, owing to the value of its potassium acetate co-product, itself an emerging fertilizer.

Graphical abstract: Ethanol as a hydrogen carrier with a value-added co-product

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Oct 2024
Accepted
14 Nov 2024
First published
28 Nov 2024

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2025,9, 942-946

Ethanol as a hydrogen carrier with a value-added co-product

A. R. Rander, S. R. Kohl, V. Cherepakhin, L. Zhang, V. K. Do, H. Breunig and T. J. Williams, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2025, 9, 942 DOI: 10.1039/D4SE01524J

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