High-flux solar-driven thermochemical dissociation of CO2 and H2O using nonstoichiometric ceria

Science

Volumn 330, Issue 6012, 2010, Pages 1797-1801

  Chueh, William C ^a   Falter, Christoph ^b   Abbott, Mandy ^a   Scipio, Danien ^a   Furler, Philipp ^b   Haile, Sossina M ^a   Steinfeld, Aldo ^b,c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CERIUM OXIDE; FUEL; WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CERIUM; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; SOLAR POWER; STOICHIOMETRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SOLAR ENERGY; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78650648025     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1197834     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. N. S. Lewis, D. G. Nocera, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 103, 15729 (2006).
2. H. Takeda, K. Koike, H. Inoue, O. Ishitani, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 2023 (2008).
3. S. C. Roy, O. K. Varghese, M. Paulose, C. A. Grimes, ACS Nano 4, 1259 (2010).
4. Y. Hori, K. Kikuchi, S. Suzuki, Chem. Lett. 14, 1695 (1985).
5. V. P. Indrakanti, J. D. Kubicki, H. H. Schobert, Energy Environ. Sci. 2, 745 (2009).
6. T. Inoue, A. Fujishima, S. Konishi, K. Honda, Nature 277, 637 (1979).
7. O. Khaselev, J. A. Turner, Science 280, 425 (1998).
8. K. R. Thampi, J. Kiwi, M. Gratzel, Nature 327, 506 (1987).
9. O. K. Varghese, M. Paulose, T. J. Latempa, C. A. Grimes, Nano Lett. 9, 731 (2009).
10. E. A. Fletcher, J. Sol. Energy Trans. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng. 123, 63 (2001).
11. A. Steinfeld, Sol. Energy 78, 603 (2005).
12. L. O. Schunk, A. Steinfeld, AIChE J. 55, 1497 (2009).
13. L. O. Schunk, W. Lipinski, A. Steinfeld, Chem. Eng. J. 150, 502 (2009).
14. T. Kodama, N. Gokon, Chem. Rev. 107, 4048 (2007).
15. M. Chambon, S. Abanades, G. Flamant, Chem. Eng. Sci. 65, 3671 (2010).
16. D. Gstoehl, A. Brambilla, L. O. Schunk, A. Steinfeld, J. Mater. Sci. 43, 4729 (2008).
17. J. E. Miller et al., J. Mater. Sci. 43, 4714 (2008).
18. C. Perkins, A. W. Weimer, AIChE J. 55, 286 (2009).
19. P. Singh, M. S. Hegde, Chem. Mater. 22, 762 (2010).
20. W. C. Chueh, S. M. Haile, ChemSusChem 2, 735 (2009).
21. W. C. Chueh, S. M. Haile, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London Ser. A 368, 3269 (2010).
22. S. M. Haile, W. C. Chueh, U. S. Patent application 20, 090, 107, 044 (2009).
23. S. Abanades et al., J. Mater. Sci. 45, 4163 (2010).
24. H. Kaneko et al., Energy 32, 656 (2007).
25. Materials and methods are detailed in supporting material at Science Online.
26. C. Li, L. Minh, T. C. Brown, J. Catal. 178, 275 (1998).
27. M. Roeb et al., Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 34, 4537 (2009).
28. Fuel production rate is compared with other thermochemical processes by normalizing the average fuel production rate (as defined in the text) by the mass of the material, including inactive support used to prevent material sintering. The rate for oxygen evolution is not included.
29. G. B. Haxel, J. B. Hedrick, G. J. Orris, "Rare earth elements-Critical resources for high technology" (U. S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 087-02, Reston, VA, 2002).
30. This work was funded in part by NSF (CBET-0829114), the Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (under subcontract from the University of Minnesota), and the Swiss National Science Foundation (contract no. 200021-126512). Additional travel support was provided by the International Materials Institutes program of NSF under award no. DMR 08-43934. We thank the technical staff of the Solar Technology Laboratory of the Paul Scherrer Institute for supporting the experimental activities at the High-Flux Solar Simulator. W. C. C. designed the experiments, and C. F. designed the solar reactor. Samples were prepared by M. A. and D. S. W. C. C, C. F., P. F., and D. S. executed the experiments. S. M. H. and A. S. supervised the project.