(2011-11) Petkovich, Nick; Rudisill, Stephen; Boman, Daniel; Stein, Andreas; Venstrom, Luke; Davidson, Jane H.
The solar resource can be converted into liquid fuels to offset petroleum use in the transportation sector using a thermochemical process based on cerium oxide (CeO2). To increase the rate of fuel production in the process, three-dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) CeO2-based oxides are employed.