Liquid fuel from sunlight, CO2, and water addresses a critical energy security issue with favorable energy efficiency, environmental, and economic metrics.
This investigation establishes a methodology for identifying opportunities, comparison, and assessment of impact on the efficiency, lifecycle impact, and economics for advanced system designs.
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Methanol production from CO2 using solar-thermal energy: process development and techno-economic analysis
Jiyong Kim, Carlos A. Henao, Terry A. Johnson, Daniel E. Dedrick, James E. Miller, Ellen B. Stechel and Christos T. Maravelias
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01311D
