title: Efficient catalytic decomposition of sulfuric acid with copper vanadates as an oxygen-generating reaction for solar thermochemical water splitting cycles.
abstract: Copper pyrovanadate (Cu(2)V(2)O(7)) was found for the first time to achieve the high catalytic activity for the decomposition of sulfuric acid to evolve O(2) at moderate temperatures around 650 °C, which is essential for the development of solar thermochemical water splitting cycles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan. machida@kumamoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: Yui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: Keita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeue