Hydrogen sulfide as a source of hydrogen production

Abstract

Potentialities and perspectives of using the known processes of hydrogen sulfide decomposition (thermal, plasmochemical, electrochemical, and photochemical) to produce hydrogen are examined. The results of theoretical and experimental studies of hydrogen sulfide dissociation on the surface of single crystals are presented. The data on the low-temperature decomposition of H₂S on the sulfide and metal catalysts are discussed. The electronic structure of diatomic sulfur and thermodynamics of its formation in the processes of H₂S decomposition are considered. The decomposition of hydrogen sulfide on the heterogeneous catalysts placed under the solvent layer is shown to be promising. The mechanism of assimilation of hydrogen sulfide by colorless sulfur bacteria is proposed.