Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale ed Ingegneria dei Materiali, University of Messina and INSTM/CASPE (Laboratory of Catalysis for Sustainable Production and Energy), Salita Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.
ChemSusChem. 2010 Feb 22;3(2):195-208. doi: 10.1002/cssc.200900289.
Solar fuels from water and CO2 are a topic of current large scientific and industrial interest. Research advances on bioroutes, concentrated solar thermal and low-temperature conversion using semiconductors and a photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) approach, are critically discussed and compared in an attempt to define challenges and current limits and to identify the priorities on which focus research and development (R&D). The need to produce fuels that are easy to transport and store, which can be integrated into the existing energy infrastructure, is emphasized. The role of solar fuels produced from CO2 in comparison with solar H2 is analyzed. Solar fuels are complementary to solar to electrical energy conversion, but they still need intensified R&D before possible commercialization.
太阳能燃料是当前科学和工业领域的一个热点话题，主要涉及水和二氧化碳的转化。文中批判性地讨论和比较了生物途径、集中太阳能热、半导体低温转化以及光电催化（PEC）方法等方面的研究进展，旨在确定当前的挑战和限制，并确定研究和开发的重点。文中强调需要生产易于运输和储存的燃料，以便能够融入现有的能源基础设施。此外，还分析了二氧化碳转化太阳能燃料与太阳能氢气之间的关系。太阳能燃料与太阳能电能转化是互补的，但在可能实现商业化之前，仍需要加强研发。
