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标题：Renewable CO2 recycling and synthetic fuel production in a marine environment
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作者：Bruce D. Patterson ; Bruce D. Patterson ; Frode Mo 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2019
卷号：116
期号：25
页码：12212-12219
DOI：10.1073/pnas.1902335116
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：A massive reduction in CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel burning is required to limit the extent of global warming. However, carbon-based liquid fuels will in the foreseeable future continue to be important energy storage media. We propose a combination of largely existing technologies to use solar energy to recycle atmospheric CO₂ into a liquid fuel. Our concept is clusters of marine-based floating islands, on which photovoltaic cells convert sunlight into electrical energy to produce H₂ and to extract CO₂ from seawater, where it is in equilibrium with the atmosphere. These gases are then reacted to form the energy carrier methanol, which is conveniently shipped to the end consumer. The present work initiates the development of this concept and highlights relevant questions in physics, chemistry, and mechanics.
关键词：renewable energy ; carbon dioxide recycling ; synthetic fuel ; maritime structures