Abstract:
The iron and lithium oxideswere added to the manganese-based oxide to reduce the reaction temperature for thermochemical energy storage,facilitating development of the new generation technologyof solar thermal power.Comparingwith Mn
2O
3,the initial reduction temperature ofthe new composite,Li
2Fe Mn
3O
8,decreased from 773℃to 622℃experimentally,withthe activation energy from 797.10 k J/mol to 132.44 k J/mol.The oxidation temperature decreased to 590℃,whilethe oxidation reaction heat increased up to 209.40 kJ/kg.The new composite showed an excellent reaction stability after 105 experimental cycles.