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Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

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The researchers and engineers at ETH Zurich have developed innovative processes that make it possible to extract CO 2 from the atmosphere and, together with water and with the help of concentrated sunlight, convert it into a synthesis gas that can be used to produce jet fuel.

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Elemental boron effective photothermocatalyst for the conversion of CO2 for fuels and chemicals

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Researchers in Japan and China developed an efficient method for CO 2 reduction over elemental boron catalysts in the presence of only water and light irradiation through a photothermocatalytic process. At this temperature it reacts with water, forming hydrogen and boron oxides in situ. —Jinhua Ye.

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PSI team demonstrates direct hydrocarbon fuel production from water and CO2 by solar-driven thermochemical cycles

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syngas—from water and CO 2. Now, a team from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland has demonstrated the direct production of hydrocarbon fuel—specifically methane—from water and CO 2 by incorporating a catalytic process into STCs. Click to enlarge. —Lin et al.

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Berkeley Lab copper catalyst yields high-efficiency CO2-to-fuels conversion

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What we know is that this unique structure provides a beneficial chemical environment for CO2 conversion to multicarbon products,” he said. The cube-like shapes and associated interface may be providing an ideal meeting place where the carbon dioxide, water, and electrons can come together. —Peidong Yang.

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United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

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million award from ARPA-E ( earlier post ), has developed a reactor and catalysts to convert CO 2 and hydrogen from water into syngas for use in the Fischer-Tropsch process. Dimensional Energy, which recently received a $3.1-million

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UI, Argonne develop catalyst for more efficient solar-powered reduction of CO2 to CO for conversion to fuel

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They also applied this catalyst in a light-harvesting artificial leaf platform that concurrently oxidized water in the absence of any external potential. In the second step, the holes react with water molecules, creating protons and oxygen molecules. per second at a low overpotential of 54 millivolts. Klie, Jeremiah Abiade, Larry A.

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USC team develops highly efficient catalyst system for converting CO2 to methanol; 79% yield from CO2 captured from air

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Though mixed with water, the resulting methanol can be easily distilled, Prakash said. CO 2 capture from air and conversion to CH 3 OH. Surya Prakash (2016) “Conversion of CO 2 from Air into Methanol Using a Polyamine and a Homogeneous Ruthenium Catalyst” Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (3), 778-781 doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b12354.

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