Processes for producing hydrogen

A process for producing hydrogen comprising the steps of:

• (a) adding a feed gas to a reactor assembly (RA) comprising:
• i) a gas inlet and one or more gas outlets;
• ii) a reactor chamber containing a nanoporous carbon disposed within a cup and the reactor chamber, optionally, covered with a cap;
• iii) a first porous frit defining a floor of the reactor chamber disposed within the cup,
• iv) a second porous frit defining the ceiling of the reactor chamber and disposed below the cap;
• wherein each porous frit has a porosity that is sufficient to allow a gas to permeate into the reactor chamber;
• v) a reactor head space disposed above the cap;
• vi) one or more reactor assembly (RA) coils surrounding the reactor chamber and/or reactor head space operably connected to one or more power supplies, wherein a computer processing unit is configured to control the one or more power supplies to the one or more RA coils;
• vii) a foil disposed between the reactor chamber and the cup, wherein the foil envelops the cup;
• (b) powering the one or more RA coils to a first electromagnetic energy level;
• (c) subjecting the nanoporous carbon to harmonic patterning to instantiate hydrogen;
• and
• (d) collecting a product gas comprising hydrogen.