Strategies to improve light utilization in solar fuel synthesis

Q Wang, C Pornrungroj, S Linley, E Reisner - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
The synthesis of fuels using sunlight offers a promising sustainable solution for chemical
energy storage, but inefficient utilization of the solar spectrum limits its commercial viability …

Sustainable conversion of carbon dioxide: an integrated review of catalysis and life cycle assessment

J Artz, TE Müller, K Thenert, J Kleinekorte… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
CO2 conversion covers a wide range of possible application areas from fuels to bulk and
commodity chemicals and even to specialty products with biological activity such as …

A critical review on the development and challenges of concentrated solar power technologies

M Shahabuddin, MA Alim, T Alam, M Mofijur… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar energy is considered to be one of the most promising renewable and sustainable
energy sources. Two key technologies such as photovoltaic and concentrated solar power …

Recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and derived products–closing the loop

A Goeppert, M Czaun, JP Jones… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Starting with coal, followed by petroleum oil and natural gas, the utilization of fossil fuels has
allowed the fast and unprecedented development of human society. However, the burning of …

A review of solar thermochemical processes

D Yadav, R Banerjee - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper reviews development in the field of solar thermochemical processing by
considering experimental demonstrations, reactor technology development, thermodynamic …

Concentrating solar thermal power and thermochemical fuels

M Romero, A Steinfeld - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Concentrated solar energy provides a virtually unlimited source of clean, non-polluting, high-
temperature heat. This article reviews the underlying principles of concentrating solar …

A review on solar thermal syngas production via redox pair-based water/carbon dioxide splitting thermochemical cycles

C Agrafiotis, M Roeb, C Sattler - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
The high power density, ease of transportation and storage and many years of development
of internal combustion engine technologies have put liquid hydrocarbon fuels at a privileged …

Carbon dioxide splitting in a dielectric barrier discharge plasma: a combined experimental and computational study

R Aerts, W Somers, A Bogaerts - ChemSusChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Plasma technology is gaining increasing interest for the splitting of CO2 into CO and O2. We
have performed experiments to study this process in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) …

Toward solar fuels: photocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons

SC Roy, OK Varghese, M Paulose, CA Grimes - ACS nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
The past several decades have seen a significant rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels
resulting from the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels. A solar energy based technology to …

Chemical recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and dimethyl ether: from greenhouse gas to renewable, environmentally carbon neutral fuels and synthetic …

GA Olah, A Goeppert, GKS Prakash - The Journal of organic …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Nature's photosynthesis uses the sun's energy with chlorophyll in plants as a catalyst to
recycle carbon dioxide and water into new plant life. Only given sufficient geological time …