Efficient solar power generation combining photovoltaics and mid-/low-temperature methanol thermochemistry …
The idea of power generation with solar methanol decomposition was first proposed by Hong and Jin; it combines a solar thermal driven, mid-temperature (∼200 C) endothermic decomposition reaction of methanol (CH 3 OH → CO + 2H 2, Δ H 200 C ⊖ = 97 kJ/mol) with a gas and steam combined cycle (GSCC) [33], [34], [35]. ...