A research project that aims to avoid CO₂ emissions within hydrogen production, led by the MIT professors Asegun Henry (Mechanical Engineering) and Paul Barton (Chemical Engineering, PSEL), has been awarded $750,000 in funding by the Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage, one of the MIT Energy Initiative’s Low-Carbon Energy Centers. The project, "Lower cost, CO₂-free, H₂ production from CH₄ using liquid tin”, investigates the use of methane pyrolysis instead of steam methane reforming (SMR) for hydrogen production. This new method could avoid the significant CO₂ emissions associated with SMR hydrogen production, while also creating a second revenue stream of solid carbon. 

More details about the research project and the award can be found here.