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US 9,758,881 B2Granted
Process for electrosynthesis of energetic molecules
AssigneeThe George Washington University
InventorStuart Licht
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Abstract
A process for the production of energetically rich compounds comprising: using externally supplied thermal energy to heat an electrolyzable compound to a temperature greater than the ambient temperature; generating electricity from a solar electrical photovoltaic component; subjecting the heated electrolyzable compound to electrolysis with the solar generated electricity to generate an energetically rich electrolytic product.
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A process for the production of a product compound comprising:
- a. splitting captured solar spectrum energy into a solar thermal heating component and a solar electrical photovoltaic component;
- b. generating electricity from the solar electrical photovoltaic component;
- c. heating an electrolyzable compound with the solar thermal heating component to form a molten electrolyzable compound;
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- d. subjecting the molten electrolyzable compound to electrolysis with the solar generated electricity to generate the product compound.
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A process for the production of a product compound, comprising:
- a. splitting captured solar spectrum energy into a solar thermal heating component and a solar electrical photovoltaic component;
- b. generating electricity from the solar electrical photovoltaic component;
- c. capturing heat from the step of generating electricity;
- d. combining the solar thermal heating component from the splitting step, with the captured heat from the step of generating electricity;
- e. heating one or more electrolyzable compounds to provide the electrolyzable compounds in a molten state;
- f. subjecting said molten electrolyzable compounds to electrolysis;
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- g. obtaining the electrolysis products.
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A process for the production of a product compound, comprising:
- a. splitting captured solar spectrum energy into a solar thermal heating component and a solar electrical photovoltaic component;
- b. generating electricity from the solar electrical photovoltaic component;
- c. capturing heat from the step of generating electricity;
- d. heating with the solar thermal heating component and with the heat captured in step (c) one or more electrolyzable compounds to provide the electrolyzable compounds in a molten state;
- e. subjecting the molten electrolyzable compounds to electrolysis to generate a product compound.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.