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PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 24, 2011 — Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide — or ceria — and it is the centerpiece of a promising new technology developed by Haile and her colleagues that concentrates solar energy and uses it to efficiently convert carbon dioxide and water into fuels. Solar energy has long been touted as the solution to our energy woes, but while it is plentiful and free, it can’t be bottled up and transported from sunny locations to the drearier, but more energy-hungry parts of the world....Read full article

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    Published: January 2011
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    cerium oxide
    A polishing material that has a quicker polishing action than rouge (ferric oxide) and that is cleaner to handle.
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