%0 Journal Article
%A Wallington, Timothy J.
%A Anderson, James
E.
%A Siegel, Donald J.
%A Tamor, Michael A.
%A Mueller, Sherry A.
%A Winkler, Sandra L.
%A Nielsen, Ole J.
%D 2015
%T Sustainable Mobility,
Future Fuels, and the Periodic
Table
%U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Sustainable_Mobility_Future_Fuels_and_the_Periodic_Table/2023092
%R 10.1021/ed3004269.s001
%2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/3594384
%K CO
%K science education lectures
%K future chemical fuels
%K future fuels
%K address climate change
%X Providing sustainable mobility is a major challenge that
will require
new vehicle and fuel technologies. Alternative and future fuels are
the subject of considerable research and public interest. A simple
approach is presented that can be used in science education lectures
at the high school or undergraduate level to provide students with
an understanding of the elemental composition of future fuels. Starting
from key fuel requirements and overlaying the chemical trends evident
in the periodic table, it can be demonstrated that future chemical
fuels will be based on three elements: carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Liquid hydrocarbons are the most convenient transportation fuels because
of their physical state (easier to handle than gases or solids) and
their high gravimetric and volumetric energy densities. Challenges
remain for storage of electricity and gaseous fuels. Recognizing the
need to address climate change driven by increasing emissions of CO2, sustainable mobility will be powered by low-CO2 hydrogen, low-CO2 hydrocarbons, low-CO2 oxygenates,
low-CO2 electricity, or a combination of the above.
%I ACS Publications