The potential use of hydrogen as a clean and renewable fuel resource has generated significant attention in recent years, especially given the rapidly increasing demand for energy sources and the dwindling availability of fossil fuels. Hydrogen is an “ideal fuel” in several ways. Its only byproduct of consumption is water; it is the most abundant element in the universe; and it is available at low cost. Hydrogen generation is possible via a number of possible chemical processes, to separate the hydrogen from its bond with atoms such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen.

In this book, the authors provide the scientific foundations for established and innovative methods of hydrogen extraction; outline solutions for its storage; and illustrate its applications in the fields of petroleum, chemical, metallurgical, physics, and manufacturing.

• Addresses the three fundamental aspects of hydrogen as a fuel resource: generation, storage, and utilization
• Provides theoretical basis for the chemical processes required for hydrogen generation, including solar, photoelectrochemical, thermochemical, and fermentation methods
• Discusses storage of hydrogen based on metal hydrides, hydrocarbons, high pressure compression, and cryogenics
• Examines the applications of hydrogen utilization in the fields of petroleum, chemical, metallurgical, physics, and manufacturing
• Contains over 90 figures, including 27 color figures

Jin Zhong Zhang is Professor of Chemistry at University of California - Santa Cruz. He is head of the Zhang Research Group that focuses on optical nanomaterials for energy and biomedical applications.

Jinghong Li is Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University. His research interests are electrochemistry and electroanalytical chemistry, material electrochemistry, nanoscopic electrochemistry, and energy conversion and storage.

Yat Li is Associate Professor of Chemistry at University of California - Santa Cruz. He is head of the Li Research Group that studies nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage.

Yiping Zhao is Professor of Physics at the University of Georgia. His research interests are nanostructure and thin film fabrications, hydrogen storage materials, and nanomotors.