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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Fernando A. Costapt_PT
dc.contributor.authorBarreiros, Maria Alexandrapt_PT
dc.contributor.authorAbanades, Stéphanept_PT
dc.contributor.authorCaetano, Ana P. F.pt_PT
dc.contributor.authorNovais, Rui M.pt_PT
dc.contributor.authorPullar, Robert C.pt_PT
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-02T17:01:49Z-
dc.date.available2019-08-02T17:01:49Z-
dc.date.issued2018-07-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10773/26374-
dc.description.abstractThis work addresses the solar-driven thermochemical production of CO and O2 from two-step CO2-splitting cycles, using both ceria granules prepared from cork templates (CG) and ceria foams from polyurethane templates (CF). These materials were cycled in a high-temperature indirectly-irradiated solar tubular reactor using a temperature-swing process. Samples were typically reduced at 1400 °C using concentrated solar power as a heating source and subsequently oxidised with CO2 between 1000–1200 °C. On average, CO production yields for CG were two times higher than for CF, indicating that the morphology of this three-dimensionally ordered macroporous (3-DOM) CeO2 improves the reaction kinetics. Their performance stability was demonstrated by conducting 11 cycles under solar irradiation conditions. Slightly increasing the reduction temperature strongly enhanced the reduction extent, and thus the CO production yield (reaching about 0.2 mmol g−1 after reduction at 1450 °C in inert gas), while decreasing the oxidation temperature mainly improved the CO production rate (up to 1.43 μmol s−1 g−1 at 1000 °C). Characterisation of the 3-DOM structure, by means of XRD and SEM, provided insights into the reactivity behaviour of the developed materials. The pre-sintered ceria granules retained their structure after cycling. The fact that the mean cell size of CG is smaller (at least one order of magnitude) than that of CF suggests that its exposed surfaces enhanced reaction rates by a factor of two. Moreover, the maximum fuel production rate of CG was roughly three times greater than that reported previously for a ceria reticulated porous foam with dual-scale porosity.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to acknowledge the EU through the seventh framework program for the financial support of this work under the STAGE-STE project with contract number 609837 and the SFERA II project (Grant Agreement number 312643). National funding provided by FCT, in the frame of the H2CORK project, grant no. PTDC/CTM-ENE/6762/2014 as well as POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016862 is also gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are also due to Amorim Cork Composites, S.A. and Flexipol – Espumas Sintéticas S.A. for donating the cork samples and the PU foams, respectively. One of us, RMN, is supported by a post-doc research fellowship in the frame of the H2CORK project. RCP wishes to thank FCT grant IF/00681/2015 for supporting this work. This work was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007679 (FCT Ref. UID/CTM /50011/2013), financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and co-financed by the EU with FEDER funds under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement.pt_PT
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/609837/EUpt_PT
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/312643/EUpt_PT
dc.relationPTDC/CTM-ENE/6762/2014pt_PT
dc.relationPOCI-01-0145-FEDER-016862pt_PT
dc.relationIF/00681/2015pt_PT
dc.relationPOCI-01-0145-FEDER-007679pt_PT
dc.relationUID/CTM /50011/2013pt_PT
dc.rightsrestrictedAccesspt_PT
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCO2 splittingpt_PT
dc.subjectConcentrated solar powerpt_PT
dc.subjectCeriapt_PT
dc.subjectSolar fuelspt_PT
dc.subjectThermochemical cyclept_PT
dc.subjectCorkpt_PT
dc.titleSolar thermochemical CO2 splitting using cork-templated ceria ecoceramicspt_PT
dc.typearticlept_PT
dc.description.versionpublishedpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
degois.publication.firstPage552pt_PT
degois.publication.lastPage563pt_PT
degois.publication.titleJournal of CO2 Utilizationpt_PT
degois.publication.volume26pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jcou.2018.06.015pt_PT
dc.identifier.essn2212-9820pt_PT
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