Fuels from water, CO2 and solar energy

Storage of the vast, yet intermittent, diffuse and unevenly distributed solar energy resource is essential for the transition away from fossil fuels. Liquid hydrocarbon fuels offer exceptionally high energy densities and are convenient for the transportation sectors, especially for aviation, without...

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Published inScience bulletin (Beijing) Vol. 62; no. 16; pp. 1099 - 1101
Main Authors Hao, Yong, Steinfeld, Aldo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 30.08.2017
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二氧化碳
化石燃料
可持续生产
太阳能技术
太阳能资源
碳氢燃料
能源密度
运输部门
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Summary:Storage of the vast, yet intermittent, diffuse and unevenly distributed solar energy resource is essential for the transition away from fossil fuels. Liquid hydrocarbon fuels offer exceptionally high energy densities and are convenient for the transportation sectors, especially for aviation, without changes in the current global infrastructure. Sustainable production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels can be realized with the help of solar technologies. However, their production from H2O and CO2 using solely solar energy input has remained a grand challenge.
Bibliography:Storage of the vast, yet intermittent, diffuse and unevenly distributed solar energy resource is essential for the transition away from fossil fuels. Liquid hydrocarbon fuels offer exceptionally high energy densities and are convenient for the transportation sectors, especially for aviation, without changes in the current global infrastructure. Sustainable production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels can be realized with the help of solar technologies. However, their production from H2O and CO2 using solely solar energy input has remained a grand challenge.
10-1298/N
ISSN:2095-9273
DOI:10.1016/j.scib.2017.08.013