Industrial hydrogen production technology and development status in China: a review

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Water electrolysis based on renewable energy for hydrogen production

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Recent advances in dry reforming of methane over Ni-based catalysts

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A review on dry reforming of methane in aspect of catalytic properties

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Public Health Safety Governance and System Resilience in Petrochemical Plants Based on STAMP/STPA and Complex Networks: A Case Study from China

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Alkaline Water Electrolysis Catalysts: Mechanisms, Design Strategies, and Advancements

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The Influence of the Platinum Weight Percentage in the Catalyst Formulation on the Performance of a High Temperature Ethanol Electroreformer Based on H3PO4‑Doped Polybenzimidazole for Green Hydrogen Production

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Effect of carbon regulations on the financial technological development: Russian and European companies’ adaptation strategies

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Toward carbon neutrality in China: A comparison between traditional and emerging forms of renewable energy

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Building circular bio-based economy through sustainable waste management

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Agro-industrial lignocellulosic biomass conversion assisted with NiWO4 as oxygen carrier

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Environmental Impact Assessment of Hydrogen Production Technologies

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Life Cycle Assessment Combined with Box-Behnken Design Response Surface Optimization for Carbon Emissions of Coal-Based Synthetic Natural GasPreprint

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Analysis of hydrogen production technologies and prospects of their development in Ukraine

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Ru Nanoparticles Embedded in Ru/Sio2@N-Cs for Boosting Hydrogen Production Via Ammonia Decomposition with Robust LifespanPreprint

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Modeling and Investigation of Water Electrolysis in a Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell with Composite Electrode

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Aspects of the utilization for the technogenic territory of coal enterprises

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Exploration of Ce-Doped CuO Catalyst for Ammonia Decomposition to Produce Hydrogen

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GH2 Networks: Production, Supply Chain, and Storage

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Ru Nanoparticles Embedded in Ru/Sio2@N-Cs for Boosting Hydrogen Production Via Ammonia Decomposition with Robust LifespanPreprint

Huang, Y., Ren, H., Fang, H., Ouyang, D., Chen, C., Luo, Y., Lin, L., Wang, D., & Jiang, L. (2024) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.4796836

Costs of different hydrogen production methods

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Bioinspired electron carrier mediated transmembrane photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in silica colloidosomes

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Hydrogen as a Fuel Cell: A Comparative between the Gas and Liquid State and Storage

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Hydrogen production: Steam methane reforming methods

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Decarbonization Via Microwave-Assisted Carbon-Zero HydrOgen Production from PEtroleum Reservoirs (HOPE Process): Support or Competitor to Conventional Methods?

Turkson, J. N., Tackie-Otoo, B. N., Okere, C. J., Effiong, A. J., Yusof, M. A. M., Rahman, M. T., Darkwah-Owusu, V., Sokama‐Neuyam, Y. A., Fjelde, I., & Adenutsi, C. D. (2025) · SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition · doi:10.2118/228240-ms

Solubility–Diffusivity Synergy Governing Hydrogen Transport in V–Ni–Mn MembranesPreprint

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Study on heat transfer of heat exchanger for green electricity hydrogen production

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Rapid solar-driven seawater hydrogen production by wicking-heating-photoelectrocatalysis synergy via paper-based electrode

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Advances in Ta 3 N 5 ‐Based Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production and Beyond

He, C., Wang, Q., Fan, C., Zhang, W., Zhu, H., & Li, B. (2026) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.73508

Thermodynamic-kinetic compensation and non-dilute diffusivity correction in V–Ni–Mn hydrogen separation membranes

Kang, H., Huang, F., Wu, Q., Liang, X., Xu, S., Chen, R., & Guo, J. (2026) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.155171

Mild electrodeposition of a hierarchical NiMoO4/Ni(OH)2@P–Ni electrocatalyst with multi-component synergy for enhanced hydrogen evolution

Tang, J., Duan, S., Luo, J., Ding, Y., Gao, G., Yang, B., & Yao, Y. (2026) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.155468

Synergistic Reduction of Carbon and Pollutants in China’s Coal Chemical Industry Using Renewable H2 and O2

Sun, Y., Zhang, Y., Li, Y. P., Qiao, Q., & Bai, L. (2026) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su18136866 · Cited by 1

Boosting dry reforming of methane performance over Ni/S2 catalysts through a PDA-assisted dynamic hydrothermal method

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Mechanisms governing the effects of thermal oxidation on hydrogen production during in-situ combustion gasification of heavy oil

Liu, Z., Yao, C., Xu, K., Liu, Y., Li, Y., Gui, M., Wang, Z., & Zhang, L. (2026) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.157562

Decarbonization Via Microwave-Assisted Carbon-Zero HydrOgen Production from PEtroleum Reservoirs (HOPE Process): Support or Competitor to Conventional Methods?

Tackie-Otoo, B. N., Turkson, J. N., Mahmoud, M. A., Raza, A., Khan, F., Patil, S., Yusof, M. A. M., & Darkwah-Owusu, V. (2026) · SPE Gulf Oil and Gas Technology Conference (GOTECH) · doi:10.2118/232760-ms

Simulation of the medium- and long-term development of China's hydrogen energy industry and policy impacts

Long, S., Liu, J., & Ding, R. (2026) · Energy Policy · doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115635

Review of electric hydrogen production technology combined with technology maturity analysis

Zheng, C., Zhang, L., Li, Q., Yang, Y., Zhang, C., & Dou, Z. (2024) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.12.056 · Cited by 24

Comprehensive review of development and applications of hydrogen energy technologies in China for carbon neutrality: Technology advances and challenges

Hui, Y., Wang, M., Guo, S., Akhtar, S., Bhattacharya, S., Dai, B., & Yu, J. (2024) · Energy Conversion and Management · doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118776 · Cited by 194

The Economic-Energy-Environmental Benefits of Hydrogen Production Technologies in China

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Practical industrial technologies of hydrogen production

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Technical and economic analysis of different colours of producing hydrogen in China

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