{"id":14231,"date":"2010-12-27T06:10:21","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T06:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/uncategorized\/researchers-develop-device-to-create-fuel-from-sunlight.php"},"modified":"2013-01-24T09:58:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T09:58:54","slug":"researchers-develop-device-to-create-fuel-from-sunlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/alternative-energy\/researchers-develop-device-to-create-fuel-from-sunlight.php","title":{"rendered":"Researchers develop device to create fuel from sunlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"solar-reactor.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/solar-reactor.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"397\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\"\/><\/span><br \/>\nUntil now we have heard of how sunlight could be used as a form of alternative energy. Here is a \u2018break through\u2019 in science \u2013 American and Swiss researchers from California Institue of Technology and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology respectively, have found out a way to make fuel from sunlight. They developed a prototype device that directly converts the sun\u2019s rays into fuels that can be stored. This energy can then be used at night when there is no sun or even be transported to areas with no sunlight. It uses a quartz window and cavity to focus the sunlight into a cylinder which is lined with cerium oxide, is an oxide of the rare earth metal cerium and is a pale yellow-white powder. It can attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment and also absorbs a small amount of carbon dioxide. As the sunlight heats the ceria, it breaks down the water and carbon dioxide pumped into the cylinder to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen that can be converted to a liquid fuel.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThis hydrogen can be used to fuel cars and if combined with carbon monoxide can create syngas \u2013 a combustible gas used as a fuel source or as an intermediate for the production of other chemicals. The device is not currently very efficient but using better insulation and smaller apertures can help increase efficiency of up to 19 per cent.<br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/breakthrough-solar-reactor-makes-fuel-from-sunlight\/17377\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Gizmag<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until now we have heard of how sunlight could be used as a form of alternative energy. Here is a \u2018break through\u2019 in science \u2013 American and Swiss researchers from California Institue of Technology and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/alternative-energy\/researchers-develop-device-to-create-fuel-from-sunlight.php\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Continue reading3 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[294,3445,3446],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Researchers develop device to create fuel from sunlight -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/alternative-energy\/researchers-develop-device-to-create-fuel-from-sunlight.php\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Researchers develop device to create fuel from sunlight -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Until now we have heard of how sunlight could be used as a form of alternative energy. 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