International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 9727895, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9727895
Research Article
Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen Production via Terbium Oxide Based Redox Reactions
Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
Received 24 November 2015; Revised 16 December 2015; Accepted 5 January 2016
Academic Editor: Juan M. Coronado
Copyright © 2016 Rahul Bhosale et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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