Posts with category: CCU

Lists of posts with category CCU

Getting it to stick: Grabbing CO₂ out of the air


Direct air capture may be key to saving Earth from the effects of climate change, but there’s a catch: It’s really hard to do. Direct air capture (DAC) technologies are designed to remove carbon dioxide from the air, although there’s still a lot of room for improvement in DAC materials. Other molecules in the air, especially


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Kleben bleiben: CO₂ aus der Luft fischen


Direct Air Capture (DAC) könnte der Schlüssel zur Rettung der Erde vor den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels sein, aber es gibt einen Haken: Es ist wirklich schwer zu machen. Technologien zur Direct Air Capture sind darauf ausgelegt, Kohlendioxid aus der Luft zu entfernen, obwohl es bei DAC-Materialien noch viel Raum für Verbesserungen gibt. Andere Moleküle in der


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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon Conversion Life Cycle Analysis at NETL


Michelle Krynock leads a team of researchers at NETL and  showed these slides at the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Carbon Management Project Review Meeting in August. Find here Multi-Slide Guide


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Where are the chemical and material worlds heading? What alternatives beyond the fossil value chains already exist today? Where are investments worthwhile, where are there still risks? Which trends are clearly emerging? The nova team with more than 40 scientists from 7 countries is investigating these questions from the perspectives of technology and markets, sustainability


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Fuel from a Greenhouse Gas


One step toward carbon dioxide (CO2) neutrality and the mitigation of both the greenhouse effect and the energy crisis would be to convert CO2 into hydrocarbon-based fuels like methane using light. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a Chinese research team has introduced a highly effective photocatalyst based on gold atoms to make this transformation possible. The photocatalytic


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Brennstoff aus Treibhausgas


Ein Schritt in Richtung CO2-Neutralität und damit zur Abmilderung des Treibhauseffekts sowie der Energiekrise könnte die Umwandlung von CO2 in Kohlenwasserstoff-basierte Brennstoffe wie Methan sein – angetrieben durch Sonnenlicht. In der Zeitschrift Angewandte Chemie stellt ein chinesisches Forschungsteam einen geeigneten, sehr effektiven Photokatalysator auf Basis vereinzelter Goldatome vor. Die photokatalytische Umwandlung von CO2 läuft über eine Reihe von Prozessen,


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80% yield! Success in synthesizing biodegradable plastic materials using sunlight and CO2!


Tremendous effort has been put into making plastics not only durable and convenient but also environmentally-friendly materials for everyday products. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists made a significant advance in this journey with their innovative artificial photosynthesis technology that produces biodegradable plastics from acetone and CO2, addressing the plastic waste crisis while moving toward the goal


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Erfolgreiche Synthese biologisch abbaubarer Kunststoffe mit Hilfe von Sonnenlicht und CO₂


Es wurden enorme Anstrengungen unternommen, um Kunststoffe nicht nur haltbar und praktisch, sondern auch zu umweltfreundlichen Materialien für Alltagsprodukte zu machen. Wissenschaftler der Osaka Metropolitan University haben mit ihrer innovativen Technologie der künstlichen Photosynthese, mit der biologisch abbaubare Kunststoffe aus Aceton und CO2 hergestellt werden, einen bedeutenden Fortschritt auf diesem Weg erzielt und damit das Problem


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Green energy transition will be cheap


So far, many analysts expected high-renewable energy scenarios to be beneficial to the global climate; but maybe a bit expensive as well. A recent study argues that this too pessimistic. The green energy transition will in fact be much cheaper than ‘more of the same’. Not even regarding the benefits of a more stable climate. Sustainability will


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Dragons’ Den: chemical building blocks from CO2


Spin-off Oxylum (University of Antwerp) already produces formic acid from CO2 with a relatively small electrolyzer. And it can also produce other chemical building blocks. The startup is eager to scale up. During the Dragons’ Den of Transition on November 30th at Chemelot, the company is looking for chain partners. ‘The ultimate goal is a


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