High-Flux Solar-Driven Thermochemical Dissociation of CO 2 and H 2 O Using Nonstoichiometric Ceria

作者：William C. Chueh, Christoph P. Falter, Mandy Abbott, Danien Scipio, Philipp Furler, Sossina Mariam Haile, Aldo Steinfeld · 发表于：Science · 年份：2010 · DOI：10.1126/science.1197834 · 被引用次数：1514 · 研究领域：Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes、Catalytic Processes in Materials Science、Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Because solar energy is available in large excess relative to current rates of energy consumption, effective conversion of this renewable yet intermittent resource into a transportable and dispatchable chemical fuel may ensure the goal of a sustainable energy future. However, low conversion efficiencies, particularly with CO(2) reduction, as well as utilization of precious materials have limited the practical generation of solar fuels. By using a solar cavity-receiver reactor, we combined the oxygen uptake and release capacity of cerium oxide and facile catalysis at elevated temperatures to thermochemically dissociate CO(2) and H(2)O, yielding CO and H(2), respectively. Stable and rapid generation of fuel was demonstrated over 500 cycles. Solar-to-fuel efficiencies of 0.7 to 0.8% were achieved and shown to be largely limited by the system scale and design rather than by chemistry.