Clean Energy Technologies

Hydrogen Revolution: Advances in Catalytic Ammonia Decomposition

Muhammad Anis Aslam

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hydrogen Science & Center of Hydrogen Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Muhammad Mustaqeem

Institute of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

Muhammad Sohail Abbas

1. Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Dir-L, Pakistan;
2. CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystems and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.

Rashid Ahmad

Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Dir-L, Pakistan

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Abstract

The simple storage of ammonia combined with the tendency to liberate hydrogen without carbon dioxide emissions has made ammonia breakdown popular among the research community in recent years. This review article has discussed the current advances in ammonia breakdown technology for hydrogen generation, focusing on new materials and mechanical designs for catalysis. Moreover, it would help to update the knowledge about the catalytic reaction processes and emphasize the benefits and drawbacks of each strategy. Furthermore, the significance of discovering a cost-effective metal catalyst with better efficiency and higher reliability is also debated. This article may serve as a fundamental resource to scale up information about the catalytic production of hydrogen from ammonia.