申请人:Nakahara Masaru
公开号:US20110158899A1
公开(公告)日:2011-06-30
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing hydrogen by using formic acid as a feedstock, which provides a solution to problems to be solved for the production of hydrogen on an industrial scale, such as problems of production cost, storability and transportability, and also offers improved convenience. The method for producing hydrogen of the present invention is characterized by heating an ionic liquid containing formic acid. The ionic liquid is preferably an ionic liquid in which a counteranion is a formate anion (i.e., formic acid salt). Such an ionic liquid is, as a medium for the production of hydrogen from formic acid as a feedstock, excellent in terms of reaction selectivity (high-purity hydrogen is produced) and reaction velocity.
本发明的目的是提供一种使用甲酸作为原料生产氢气的方法,该方法提供了解决工业规模生产氢气所需解决的问题,如生产成本、储存和运输问题,并提供了改进的便利性。本发明的生产氢气的方法的特征在于加热含有甲酸的离子液体。该离子液体最好是一个对阴离子是甲酸根离子(即甲酸盐)的离子液体。这样的离子液体在从甲酸作为原料生产氢气的媒介方面具有很好的反应选择性(产生高纯度的氢气)和反应速度。