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Most of us naturally associate biological CO 2 conversion with photosynthesis in plants and algae. The productivity of photosynthesis is proportional to the surface area exposed to sunlight, a capricious source of energy in many regions. an and Park (2020) “Light-Independent Biological Conversion of CO 2 ,” Joule doi: 10.1016/ j.joule.2020.08.007.
The efficient conversion of carbon dioxide, a major air pollutant, into ethanol or higher alcohols is a big challenge in heterogeneous catalysis, generating great interest in both basic scientific research and commercial applications. The key to this is the well-tuned interplay between the cesium, copper, and zinc oxide sites.
The chemical process employed by the scientists also could reduce costs and energy requirements for producing liquid hydrocarbons and other chemicals used by industry. The team tapped a novel energy source from the nanoworld to trigger a common chemical reaction that eliminates carbon dioxide. Credit: NIST.
Panasonic has developed an artificial photosynthesis system using a gallium nitride photoelectrode and a metal catalyst which uses sunlight to convert CO 2 mainly to formic acid (an important intermediate in chemical synthesis) at an efficiency (solar energy to chemical energy) of 0.2%—a Hiroshi Hashiba et al.
The combination, suggests the team in paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , could integrate into energy storage and distribution networks to provide a means for renewable energy storage. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Power Generation' Tropsch methods. —DiMeglio and Joel Rosenthal.
ReactWell , LLC, has licensed a novel waste-to-fuel technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to improve energyconversion methods for cleaner, more efficient oil and gas, chemical and bioenergy production. —ORNL’s Adam Rondinone, co-inventor of the carbon dioxide-to-ethanol catalyst.
The catalyst shows a carbon dioxide conversion through hydrogenation to hydrocarbons in the aviation jet fuel range of 38.2%, with a yield of 17.2%, and a selectivity of 47.8%, and with an attendant low carbon monoxide (5.6%) and methane selectivity (10.4%). In brief, the Fe–Mn–K catalyst shows a CO 2 conversion of 38.2%
A team from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, and Georgia Tech has developed a a wave-energy-driven electrochemical CO 2 reduction system that converts ocean wave energy to chemical energy in the form of formic acid, a liquid fuel. Leung et al.
Researchers at Stanford University have shown that porous polymer encapsulation of metal-supported catalysts can drive the selectivity of CO 2 conversion to hydrocarbons. The bonding of carbon to carbon requires heat and great pressure, making the process expensive and energy intensive. That would be a big deal.
The electrochemical CO 2 reduction reaction (CO 2 RR), driven by renewable energy, is a promising strategy to reduce CO 2 accumulation. A team of Brown University researchers has fine-tuned a copper catalyst to produce complex hydrocarbons—C 2+ products—from CO 2 with high efficiency.
The electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 using renewable energy could establish a climate-neutral, artificial carbon cycle. Excess energy produced by photovoltaics and wind energy could be stored through the electrocatalytic production of fuels from CO 2. These could then be burned as needed. and Xiong, Y.
The company, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has more than 30 years of experience in the development, operation and management of landfill methane-fuelled renewable energy projects. The company has current operations at 15 operating projects located in California, Idaho, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Texas.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert captured CO 2 into methane, the primary component of natural gas. But these traditional solvents have relatively high water content, making methane conversion difficult. A paper on the work is published in ChemSusChem.
In a paper published in the journal Joule , they suggest that the results show great potential for the electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 into value-added chemicals. Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is a promising approach to solve both renewable energy storage and carbon-neutral energy cycle.
A team from the University of Illinois and startup Dioxide Materials has developed an electrocatalytic system for the reduction of CO 2 to CO—a key component of artificial photosynthesis and thus an enabler for the conversion of CO 2 to synthetic fuels—at overpotentials below 0.2 This is very energy. intermediate.
The solar-to-fuel energyconversion efficiency, defined as the ratio of the calorific value of CO (fuel) produced to the solar radiative energy input through the reactor’s aperture and the energy penalty for using inert gas was 1.73% averaged over the whole cycle. —Professor Aldo Steinfeld, ETH Zürich. Scheffe J.R.,
A paper on the work is published in the journal Nano Energy. Jeongwon Kim, Arim Seong, Yejin Yang, Sangwook Joo, Changmin Kim, Dong Hyup Jeon, Liming Dai, Guntae Kim (2021) “Indirect surpassing CO 2 utilization in membrane-free CO 2 battery,” Nano Energy doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105741. 2020.105741.
If we can generate syngas from carbon dioxide utilizing only solar energy, we can use this as a precursor for methanol and other chemicals and fuels. To create a process that uses only solar energy, Mi’s group overcame the difficulty of splitting carbon dioxide molecules, which are among the most stable in the universe. 2121174119.
Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million The proposed CO 2 capture and conversion plant will be instrumental in helping the company meet these goals.
Evonik and Siemens Energy commissioned a pilot plant—sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)—that uses carbon dioxide and water to produce chemicals. The necessary energy is supplied by electricity from renewable sources. The pilot plant is located in Marl, in the northern Ruhr area.
The conversion of CO 2 to fuels in these inexpensive water-based systems has shown high faradic efficiencies for reduction of CO 2. Aqueous CO 2 electrolysis with base-metal catalysts. to C 2 fuel products such as ethanol.
Toshiba Corporation has developed a new technology that uses solar energy directly to generate carbon compounds from carbon dioxide and water, and to deliver a viable chemical feedstock or fuel with potential for use in industry. Mechanism of the technology. Source: Toshiba. Click to enlarge.
In addition to advancing CO 2 removal and conversion technologies, potential award recipients must address societal considerations and impacts, emphasizing active engagement of local communities and avoiding the imposition of additional burdens on disadvantaged communities.
Converting CO 2 to usable fuels was the topic of a symposium— CO 2 Conversion: Thermo-, Photo- and Electro-Catalytic —on Sunday at the 246 th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, Indiana. This suggests that the active site for activation of CO2 is the lanthanum phase of LZ.
Electrolysis must convert CO into products at a high rate with a low overall energy demand in order to be viable. 1 ), low cell voltages, and high single-pass CO conversion, leading directly to concentrated product streams. The research was supported by NASA and the Global Climate and Energy Project. —Ripatti et al.
Israel-based NewCO2Fuels (NCF), a subsidiary of GreenEarth Energy Limited in Australia, reported completion of stage 1 testing of its proof-of-concept system for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels using solar energy. System and method for chemical potential energy production. Concept of the NCF process. Click to enlarge.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $3 million in funding for 10 high-performance computing projects that will advance cutting-edge manufacturing and clean energy technologies. Improvements in manufacturing processes that result in significant national energy savings and carbon emissions. All Selectees. PROJECT TITLE.
amperes per square centimeter at 45% cathodic energy efficiency. 2020) “CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products at activities greater than 1 A cm -2.” By applying this design strategy, we achieved CO 2 electroreduction on copper in 7 M potassium hydroxide electrolyte (pH ? 15) with an ethylene partial current density of 1.3
Vertimass and European Energy have completed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to integrate technologies for capturing carbon dioxide and converting it into hydrocarbon products around the world. —Søren Knudsen Kær , Head of Technology, Power-to-X of European Energy. —Vertimass CEO Charles Wyman.
Researchers from BASF, Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW), Heidelberg University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are seeking to develop a process for the photocatalytic conversion of CO 2 into methanol for use in fuel cells or internal combustion engines. million) over two years. Dr. Michael Grunze, Heidelberg University.
Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division have demonstrated novel NRL technologies developed for the recovery of CO 2 and hydrogen from seawater and their subsequent conversion to liquid fuels. Bio-hydrocarbons Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Hydrogen Production'
Ammonia, produced via the Haber-Bosch (HB) process, is globally the leading chemical in energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Hydrogen extraction from the reforming compartment enhances the thermodynamically limited methane conversions, whereas 5%–14% of the pumped protons are converted to ammonia. Kyriakou et al.
A paper detailing the study is published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. The well-to-gate energy efficiency varies from 41 to 65%. This has important implications for energy security because the CO 2 -based synthetic fuel can be domestically produced with low carbon electricity. Stubbins, and Paul J. 6b00665.
Their findings were published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. You can react it with water to produce energy-rich hydrogen gas, or with hydrogen to produce useful chemicals, such as hydrocarbons or alcohols. One reason is that it performs HER very well, and brings down the CO2 reduction selectivity dramatically.
The device is a significant step toward achieving artificial photosynthesis—a process mimicking the ability of plants to convert sunlight into energy. The results, reported in the journal Nature Energy , represent a new method for the conversion of carbon dioxide into clean fuels. Qian Wang et al.
Currently, liquid products generated by electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction-reaction systems have been mixed with liquid electrolytes/soluble solutes, which requires energy- and cost-intensive separation processes to recover pure liquid fuel solutions. We address both materials-level design and device-level engineering.
A new boron-copper catalyst for the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into chemicals or fuels has been developed by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen. Researchers are pursuing the idea of converting CO 2 electrochemically with the help of renewable energies.
Electrofuels provider Infinium and comprehensive carbon management company Navigator CO2 entered into a Memorandum of Understanding and long-term relationship for Navigator to deliver 600,000 tons per annum (TPA) of biogenic carbon dioxide from its Heartland Greenway system to a future Infinium facility for the production of electrofuels (eFuels).
The process, reported in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , could leverage a recently reported process, also developed by NRL, to recover CO 2 from sea water. alumina (ASA)-supported Ni catalysts demonstrated high conversion and selectivity toward the jet fuel fraction (C 8 ?C Energy & Fuels doi: 10.1021/ef4011115.
One way to mitigate high feedstock cost is to maximize conversion into the bioproduct of interest. This maximization, though, is limited because of the production of CO 2 during the conversion of sugar into acetyl-CoA in traditional fermentation processes. —Shawn Jones, director of molecular and microbiology at White Dog Labs.
V and an electric energy requirement of 34.6 Despite some limitations due to O 2 and H 2 crossover through the membrane, the study identified optimal operating conditions for energy-efficient butyric acid production from CO 2. The MES cell design proved highly efficient, with average cell voltages of 2.6–2.8
Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis (artificial photosynthesis) are among the most promising ways to achieve effective storage for renewable energy. Knowing the exact structure of the activated CO 2 is essential because its structure dictates both the end product of the reaction and its energy cost.
In the Solar Thermal Electrochemical Process (STEP), developed by Professor Stuart Licht and his group at GWU, solar UV–visible energy is focused on a photovoltaic device that generates the electricity to drive the electrolysis, while concurrently the solar thermal energy is focused on a second system to generate heat for the electrolysis cell.
With the support of a grant from the Department of Energy, Miao Yu, the Priti and Mukesh Chatter ’82 Career Development Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will develop a novel porous material capable of capturing even very small concentrations of CO 2 in the air and collecting the gas for further use.
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