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Solar Fuels and Chemicals, Solar Hydrogen

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The term solar power plant commonly refers to electricity production by photothermal or photovoltaic conversion. Within this book, these main conversion techniques are called the solar thermoelectric path and the solar photoelectric path. In addition, a third possibility exists, which, following the above used nomenclature, is called the solar fuels path [46]. This path represents the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy, and is important due to its potential to overcome the problems of long term storage and transport of solar energy, as well as for the intrinsic value of the chemicals themselves. With respect to the present discussion, endergonic reactions (with a positive change of the Gibbs free energy of reaction AG) are especially suited so that useful energy (exergy) of the solar radiation can be stored in the reaction products.

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Fischer, M., Tamme, R. (1991). Solar Fuels and Chemicals, Solar Hydrogen. In: Winter, CJ., Sizmann, R.L., Vant-Hull, L.L. (eds) Solar Power Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61245-9_9

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