Hydrogen production process | Raw material | Technology maturity | Energy conversion efficiency (%) | Cost (/Yuan·kg-1) | CO2 emission (kg CO2/kg H2) | ||
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Fossil fuel reforming | Coal gasification | Coal | Mature | ~47[ | 6~10[ | 11~25[ | |
Coal gasification +CCS | Coal | Completing pilot scale test | - | 12~16[ | 2~7[ | ||
Coal supercritical water gasification | Coal, water | Completing pilot scale test | ~60a[ | ~8[ | ~0[ | ||
SMR | methane | Mature | - | 9~18[ | 8~16[ | ||
Industrial by-product of hydrogen | Industrial exhaust | Mature | - | 10~16[ | - | ||
Electrolysis of water | Grid electricity/AEC | Water | Mature | ~25[ | 30~40[ | ~45[ | |
Renewable energy sources electrolyze water | AEC | Water | Mature | ~25[ | 18~23[ | 1~3[ | |
PEMEC | Water | Relatively mature, Early industrialization | ~35[ | ≤62[ | 1~3[ | ||
SOEC | Water | demonstration works | 52 ~ 59[ | - | 1~3[ | ||
Abandoned electric from Renewable energy sources electrolyzes water | Water | Demonstration stage | - | ~10[ | 1~3[ | ||
Other new technologies for hydrogen production | Solar energy photolysis water | Water | Laboratory stage | <10[ | - | ~0[ | |
Biomass fermentation | Biomass | Demonstration stage | 10~40[ | - | ~0[ | ||
Biomass gasification | Biomass | Mature | 35~50[ | ~16[ | 0.4~5.6[ | ||
Thermochemical cycle | Water | Laboratory stage | ~38[ | ~18[ | 0.3~0.86[ |