A novel photo-thermochemical cycle for the dissociation of CO2 using solar energy

Yanwei Zhang, Chenyu Xu, Jingche Chen, Xuhan Zhang, Zhihua Wang, Junhu Zhou and Kefa Cen

Applied Energy, 2015, vol. 156, issue C, 223-229

Abstract: To dissociate carbon dioxide (CO2) using solar energy, a novel photo-thermochemical cycle combining photochemistry with thermochemistry is proposed in this paper. After illuminating titanium dioxide (TiO2) in a helium (He) atmosphere by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, CO2 was input and converted to carbon monoxide (CO) under heating in an enclosed cavity. To determine the optimal heating temperature, sets of four consecutive cycles were performed at temperatures from 573K to 873K. The preferred temperature was found to be 773K. CO was stably produced in five successive cycles at 773K, demonstrating the method’s possibility. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were employed to assess the crystal structure and morphology. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and photoluminescence (PL) analyses were also conducted to investigate the charge transfer and reaction mechanisms on the TiO2 surface. Finally, a charge transfer mechanism is tentatively proposed.

Keywords: Photo-thermochemical cycle; Oxygen vacancies; Carbon dioxide dissociation; Solar energy; Titanium dioxide (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.07.028

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