Innovative routes for hydrogen production from waste plastics: a comprehensive review of thermochemical, photocatalytic, and electrocatalytic technologies
Mohammed F. Alotibi, Fekri Abdulraqeb Ahmed Ali, Senthilkumar Jayapalan, Sasikumar Gopalakrishnan, Amine Aymen Assadi, S. Palanivel, Anand Chandrasekar, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Khalid M. Alshamrani, Shoba Gunasekaran, Subramani Annadurai, Tamizhdurai Perumal
Abstract
Plastic-to-hydrogen technology is applied to convert waste plastics into clean fuel via pyrolysis, gasification, reforming, and photo/electro methods, supporting waste management, sustainable energy generation, and circular economy development. Created with Biorender and Canva.
Topics & Concepts
Waste managementHydrogen productionProduction (economics)Hydrogen economySustainable energyCircular economyEnvironmental scienceHydrogen fuelClean energyFuel cellsSustainable productionHydrogenCleaner productionWaste-to-energyCatalysisCo-processingSustainabilityWaste heatRenewable energySustainable developmentMaterials scienceWaste treatmentProduction costProcess engineeringBiomass (ecology)Clean technologyMunicipal solid wasteEnergy carrierSubcritical and Supercritical Water ProcessesCatalysts for Methane ReformingChemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes