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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299424303321

Titolo

Hydrogen Production and Remediation of Carbon and Pollutants / / edited by Eric Lichtfouse, Jan Schwarzbauer, Didier Robert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-19375-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, , 2213-7114 ; ; 6

Disciplina

660.0286

Soggetti

Environmental chemistry

Environmental engineering

Biotechnology

Plant science

Botany

Renewable energy resources

Environmental Chemistry

Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology

Plant Sciences

Renewable and Green Energy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibligraphical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Hydrogen production by homogeneous catalysis: alcohol acceptorless dehydrogenation -- 2. Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide -- 3. Carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems -- 4. Selenium phytoremediation by giant reed -- 5. Redox processes in water remediation technologies -- 6. Eco-friendly textile dyeing processes.

Sommario/riassunto

This book details first the chemistry of hydrogen production from biomass. Solutions to the CO2 issue are given in three chapters, which describe CO2 photo catalytic reduction, CO2 sequestration in terrestrial biomass, and plants as renewable fuels. Further chapters review the selenium cycle in ecosystems, advanced processes to treat water and ecological ways to dye textiles.  Society growth during the last century



has almost entirely relied on the carbon economy, which is the use of fossil fuels for energy and materials. The carbon economy has provided and will still provide many benefits. However, the increasing use of fossil fuels is partly responsible for the increase of atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and, in turn, global warming. There is therefore an urgent need for cleaner fuels such as hydrogen, as well as a need for a carbon neutral economy where each emitted CO2 molecule is fast sequestered in plants, algae, soils, sub soils and sediments.