Splitting CO2 with a ceria-based redox cycle in a solar-driven thermogravimetric analyzer

AIChE Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1263-1271

  Takacs, M ^a   Ackermann, S ^a   Bonk, A ^b,c   Neises von Puttkamer, M ^d   Haueter, Ph ^a   Scheffe, J R ^e   Vogt, U F ^b,c   Steinfeld, A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

doped ceria; heat transfer; kinetics; solar fuels; thermochemical

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENZYME KINETICS; HEAT TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; POROSITY; REACTION RATES; REDOX REACTIONS;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; DOPED CERIA; HEAT AND MASS TRANSPORTS; OXIDATION THERMODYNAMICS; RETICULATED POROUS CERAMICS; SOLAR FUELS; THERMOCHEMICAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS;

CERIUM OXIDE;

EID: 85027920220     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.15501     Document Type: Article

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