Solar hydrogen production by two-step thermochemical cycles: Evaluation of the activity of commercial ferrites

被引：102

作者：

Fresno, Fernando ^{[1
]}

Fernandez-Saavedra, Rocio ^{[2
]}

Belen Gomez-Mancebo, M. ^{[2
]}

Vidal, Alfonso ^{[1
]}

Sanchez, Miguel ^{[2
]}

Rucandio, M. Isabel ^{[2
]}

Quejido, Alberto J. ^{[2
]}

Romero, Manuel ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CIEMAT, PSA, E-28040 Madrid, Spain

[2] CIEMAT, Div Chem, E-28040 Madrid, Spain

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY | 2009年 / 34卷 / 07期

关键词：

Solar hydrogen; Thermochemical cycles; Ferrite; Solar energy; Hydrogen production; H-2; GENERATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.02.020

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

In this work, we report on the evaluation of the activity of commercially available ferrites with different compositions, NiFe2O4, Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4, ZnFe2O4, Cu0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 and CuFe2O4, for hydrogen production by two-step thermochemical cycles, as a preliminary study for solar energy driven water splitting processes. The samples were acquired from Sigma-Aldrich, and are mainly composed of a spinel crystalline phase. The net hydrogen production after the first reduction-oxidation cycle decreases in the order NiFe2O4>Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4>ZnFe2O4>Cu0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4>CuFe2O4, and so does the H-2/O-2 molar ratio, which is regarded as an indicator of potential cyclability. Considering these results, the nickel ferrite has been selected for longer term studies of thermochemical cycles. The results of four cycles with this ferrite show that the H-2/O-2 molar ratio of every two steps increases with the number of cycles, being the total amount stoichiometric regarding the water splitting reaction. The possible use of this nickel ferrite as a standard material for the comparison of results is proposed. (C) 2009 International Association for Hydrogen Energy. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：2918 / 2924

页数：7

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