It is understood that the main hydrogen production methods used in the country at this stage are the reforming of fossil energy and the production of hydrogen by water electrolysis. The reforming of fossil energy for hydrogen production will emit a large amount of carbon dioxide, and the cost of hydrogen production by water electrolysis is too high. "The liquid metal pyrolysis technology enables the methane conversion rate to reach more than 90%, and only produces a single hydrogen without carbon dioxide." In the laboratory, Professor Fu Jun pointed to this set of hydrogen production equipment. Inside the "square box", liquid metal burns to form a high-temperature environment. After methane is input from the end of the "square box", it undergoes cracking, and hydrogen is output from the top.
Reducing carbon emissions and developing clean energy is the only way for future development. As a clean, efficient, and storable secondary energy source, hydrogen energy is an ideal energy source to promote the clean and efficient use of traditional fossil energy. The reporter recently learned that the liquid metal team led by Professor Fu Jun of Sichuan University has developed a liquid metal thermal cracking device for the first time in China, which uses liquid metal as a medium to help methane cracking and achieve zero-emission, low-cost and efficient hydrogen production.