This paper will describe an overview of our research work on the use of supercritical water at 221.1 bar and 274 °C as a solvent and reactant in the hydrothermal gasification of biomaterials, including cellulose, in a commercial, high-pressure diamond-anvil cell. These decomposition reactions have been monitored <i>in situ</i> by both microRaman spectroscopy and powder X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation. Hydrogen gas one of the major decomposition products and so this somewhat unusual approach may well prove to be a useful source of H<sub>2</sub> for alternative energy purposes.

Diamond-anvil cell spectroscopic studies of the hydrothermal gasification of biomaterials

256th National Meeting (2018)

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