NON-INTERMITTENT, SOLAR-THERMAL PROCESSING TO SPLIT WATER CONTINUOUSLY VIA A NEAR-ISOTHERMAL, PRESSURE-SWING REDOX CYCLE GOALS: (1) ADVANCE THE IRON ALUMINATE-BASED, SOLAR THERMOCHEMICAL APPROACH FOR SPLITTING WATER AND ESTABLISH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY, BOTH COMPUTATIONALLY AND EXPERIMENTALLY, (2) GUIDE DESIGN OF FUTURE REACTOR ITERATIONS, (3) IDENTIFY COST IMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DECOUPLING THE REACTOR FROM THE SOLAR RECEIVER VIA GAS HEATING AND THERMAL STORAGE, IDENTIFY CHANNELS FOR COMMERCIAL REACH/MARKET PENETRATION, AND COMPLETE TEA.
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