Hydrogen Production, Storage, and Fuel Cell Systems
This research community focuses on the technical development of hydrogen as an energy carrier, covering its generation from water and natural gas, its storage in liquid or underground forms, and its use in fuel cells and combustion engines.
The work centers on proton exchange membrane and solid oxide fuel cells, alongside methods for producing green hydrogen via water electrolysis and steam reforming. Significant attention is given to hydrogen storage solutions, including liquid hydrogen and underground reservoirs, as well as life cycle assessments of these energy systems. The research also addresses the integration of hydrogen into broader energy networks, utilizing machine learning for optimization and exploring hybrid systems that combine hydrogen with renewable energy sources and natural gas infrastructure.
The largest share of this community's output is found in hydrogen research, accounting for 27.2% of all hydrogen-related literature, with 10,887 papers in this group. This is the element with the highest paper count within the community.
There are 29,482 papers in this community, published primarily in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Fuel, and Energy. Recent work continues to focus on optimizing hydrogen energy storage systems, assessing the global potential of hydrogen projects for emissions mitigation, and reviewing the state-of-the-art in liquid organic hydrogen carriers and electrolysis technologies.
Papers behind this description
- The green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap — Nature Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41560-024-01684-7
- Realistic roles for hydrogen in the future energy transition — Nature Reviews Clean Technology, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s44359-025-00050-4
- An overview of water electrolysis technologies for green hydrogen production — Energy Reports, 2022 — doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.127
- Recent advancement and assessment of green hydrogen production technologies — Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.rser.2023.113941
- Hydrogen energy systems: Technologies, trends, and future prospects — The Science of The Total Environment, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173622
- Fueling the future: A comprehensive review of hydrogen energy systems and their challenges — International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.044
- Carbon neutrality and hydrogen energy systems — International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.06.407
- Hydrogen production by water electrolysis technologies: A review — Results in Engineering, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.rineng.2023.101426
- Hydrogen Storage Technology, and Its Challenges: A Review — Catalysts, 2025 — doi:10.3390/catal15030260
- A comprehensive review of the promising clean energy carrier: Hydrogen production, transportation, storage, and utilization (HPTSU) technologies — Fuel, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2023.129455
- Large scale of green hydrogen storage: Opportunities and challenges — International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.09.021
- A comprehensive review of recent advances in alkaline water electrolysis for hydrogen production — International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.07.428
- From CO$_2$ Sequestration to Hydrogen Storage: Further Utilization of Depleted Gas Reservoirs — Reservoir Science, 2025 — doi:10.62762/rs.2025.860510
- Portfolio selection and optimal planning for hydrogen energy storage systems composed of heterogeneous electrolyzer and fuel cell technologies in industrial park multi-energy systems — Applied Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.127001
- Risk-aware low carbon optimization of hydrogen-oriented multi-energy system with linear approximation of bi-product fuel cell — Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.energy.2025.137581
- Hydrogen power development: A comparative review of national strategies and the role of energy in scaling green hydrogen — Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.rser.2025.116378
- Global greenhouse gas emissions mitigation potential of existing and planned hydrogen projects — Nature Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41560-025-01892-9
- State-of-the-Art review of liquid organic hydrogen carriers for hydrogen storage and transport: challenges and perspectives — Applied Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.126555