DOI: 10.1126/science.1197834. High-Flux Solar-Driven Thermochemical Dissociation of CO <sub>2</sub> and H <sub>2</sub> O Using Nonstoichiometric Ceria

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

10.1126/science.1197834

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Abstract

Fuel from Heat Plants grow by using energy from the Sun to convert carbon dioxide into sugar-based polymers and aromatics. These compounds in turn can be stripped of their oxygen, either through millennia of underground degradation to yield fossil fuels, or through a rather more rapid process of dissolution, fermentation, and hydrogenation to yield biofuels. Can we use sunlight to turn CO 2 into hydrocarbon fuel without relying on the intervening steps of plant growth and breakdown? Chueh et al. (p. 1797 ) demonstrate one possible approach, in which concentrated sunlight heats cerium oxide to a sufficiently high temperature (∼1500°C) to liberate some oxygen from its lattice. The material then readily strips O atoms from either water or CO 2 , yielding hydrogen or CO, which can then be combined to form fuels.

Bibliography

Chueh, W. C., Falter, C., Abbott, M., Scipio, D., Furler, P., Haile, S. M., & Steinfeld, A. (2010). High-Flux Solar-Driven Thermochemical Dissociation of CO 2 and H 2 O Using Nonstoichiometric Ceria. Science, 330(6012), 1797â1801.

Authors 7

William C. Chueh (first)
Christoph Falter (additional)
Mandy Abbott (additional)
Danien Scipio (additional)
Philipp Furler (additional)
Sossina M. Haile (additional)
Aldo Steinfeld (additional)

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Type	When
Created	14 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 23, 2010, 3:12 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 10, 2024, 9:08 a.m.)
Indexed	2 days, 5 hours ago (Aug. 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.)
Issued	14 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 24, 2010)
Published	14 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 24, 2010)
Published Print	14 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 24, 2010)

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@article{Chueh_2010, title={High-Flux Solar-Driven Thermochemical Dissociation of CO 2 and H 2 O Using Nonstoichiometric Ceria}, volume={330}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1197834}, DOI={10.1126/science.1197834}, number={6012}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Chueh, William C. and Falter, Christoph and Abbott, Mandy and Scipio, Danien and Furler, Philipp and Haile, Sossina M. and Steinfeld, Aldo}, year={2010}, month=dec, pages={1797–1801} }

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