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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
John Norbert Kuhn, Tampa, FL (US);
Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, Tampa, FL (US);
Yolanda Andreina Daza, Tampa, FL (US);
Debosruti Dutta, Tampa, FL (US);
John Norbert Kuhn, Tampa, FL (US);
Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, Tampa, FL (US);
Yolanda Andreina Daza, Tampa, FL (US);
Debosruti Dutta, Tampa, FL (US);
University of South Floria, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, carbon dioxide is converted into a chemical feedstock by providing a mixture of plasmonic material and oxygen-conducting material, exposing the mixture to sunlight so that solar energy is absorbed by the plasmonic material which then heats the oxygen-conducting material so that oxygen vacancies are generated, passing carbon dioxide through the mixture, and the oxygen-conducting material removing oxygen atoms from the carbon dioxide to form carbon monoxide.