Prospects for conversion of solar energy into chemical fuels: The concept of a solar fuels industry

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1996, 2013, Pages

  Harriman, Anthony ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Electron transfer; Electronic energy transfer; Solar energy; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GREENHOUSE GASES; MACHINERY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY;

CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC ENERGY TRANSFER; LARGE SURFACE AREA; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SUNLIGHT;

FUELS;

EID: 84880065392     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0415     Document Type: Review

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