The SnO2/Sn carbothermic cycle for splitting water and production of hydrogen

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 0310071-0310077

  Epstein, Michael ^a   Vishnevetsky, Irina ^a   Berman, Alexander ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carboreduction of metal oxide; Metal hydrolysis; Tin dioxide thermochemical cycle

Indexed keywords

CARBOREDUCTION; FIXED BED-FLOW REACTOR; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; METAL OXIDES; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; POWDER STRUCTURES; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES; ZNO;

CHARCOAL; HYDROLYSIS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; POWDER METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TIN; TIN DIOXIDE; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION;

EID: 77955188489     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001403     Document Type: Article

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