Photo: Establishing collaborations with Osaka University on molecular-based approaches for sustainable hydrogen production
Prof. Yoichi Hoshimoto, an associate professor from Osaka University, Japan, recently attended the 6th South African Japan Universities (SAJU) Forum. During this time, he presented at the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science at Stellenbosch University and the UCT Chemical Engineering Department on molecular-based approaches for sustainable hydrogen production. Prof. Hoshimoto’s team has recently demonstrated strategies for separating hydrogen from gaseous mixtures of H2/CO/CO2/CH4. They have shown that hydrogen can be stored in N-heterocyclic compounds, which act as liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) and can be used to produce hydrogen by subsequent dehydrogenation. His visit was supported by the SARCHI Chair in Green Hydrogen and Stellenbosch University’s Strategic funds under the Hydrogen Platform in the Faculty of Engineering, aiming to establish collaborations between Stellenbosch University and Osaka University, including UCT’s Catalysis Institute, in hydrogen purification and storage.
