{"id":1487,"date":"2015-11-03T15:53:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T20:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.eng.ufl.edu\/faculty-site\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:36:54","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-278 size-full\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/solar-reactor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.02919874536641;object-fit:contain\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Concentrated solar receiver for solar fuel production &#8211; Solar Fuels<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:85%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><b>Research Themes<\/b><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Solar Fuels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><i>Solar<\/i> Energy Conversion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hydrogen Production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heterogeneous Kinetics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thermodynamics of Oxides\/Ceramics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Renewable drop-in fuels such as hydrogen, gasoline, diesel and kerosene may be produced through a number of different solar-driven processes. (see figure below highlighting many of them).&nbsp;Solar thermal processes (bottom, highlighted in yellow) inherently operate at high temperatures and utilize the ENTIRE solar spectrum, and as such provide a thermodynamically favorable path to solar fuels production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2068\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-284\" style=\"width:700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-1.png 2068w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-1-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-1-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-1-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-1-1536x729.png 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-1-2048x973.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2068px) 100vw, 2068px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Solar Technology Pathways for Syngas and Hydrogen Production<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research in the Renewable Energy Conversion Laboratory is focused on innovative approaches to energy conversion processes, primarily through solar thermochemical pathways. This involves research ranging from the discovery of redox active metal oxides (e.g. perovskites, doped ceria), the fundamental characterization of their thermodynamic and kinetic properties, and finally to the development of application scale technologies such as solar thermochemical reactors, solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen separation membranes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1733\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-Thermochemical.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\" style=\"width:702px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-Thermochemical.png 1733w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-Thermochemical-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-Thermochemical-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-Thermochemical-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/01\/Fuel-Production-Pathways-Thermochemical-1536x832.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1733px) 100vw, 1733px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thermochemical Fuel Production Pathways<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, access our recently published Book chapter: <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jonathan-scheffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2021\/09\/Solar-Syngas-Production_Scheffe_vWEB.pdf\">Hydrogen (or Syngas) Generation &#8211; Solar Thermal Chemical Energy Storage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Themes Renewable drop-in fuels such as hydrogen, gasoline, diesel and kerosene may be produced through a number of different solar-driven processes. 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