This book presents the groundbreaking discoveries, recent developments, and future perspectives of one of the most important areas of renewable energy research%u2014the heterogeneous catalytic production of fuels. Featuring chapters authored by leading experts, the text describes alternative ways to produce fuels from renewable sources using environmentally friendly technologies, while exposing the advantages and disadvantages of each process. It also considers the impact of fuel transportation, suggesting production in close proximity to the existing grid and/or production of liquid fuels that are easier to transport.
Preface
Editor
Contributors
Chapter 1 : Solar Water Splitting Using Semiconductor Systems
Chapter 2 : Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
Chapter 3 : CO2 to Fuels
Chapter 4 : Methane Activation and Transformation over Nanocatalysts
Chapter 5 : Fischer-Tropsch : Fuel Production with Cobalt Catalysts
Chapter 6 : Syngas to Methanol and Ethanol
Chapter 7 : Steam Reforming
Chapter 8 : Biomass to Liquid Biofuels via Heterogeneous Catalysis
Chapter 9 : Catalytic Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass
Chapter 10 : Recent Trends in the Purification of H2 Streams by Water-Gas Shift and PROX
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