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AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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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.

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DOE to award up to $30M for direct air and ocean capture of CO2; conversion to fuels and chemicals

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Projects selected under this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will perform conceptual design studies followed by field validations of cost-effective processes for ocean-based carbon capture and for direct air capture of CO 2 coupled with carbon-free hydrogen and captured CO 2 to create carbon-neutral methanol.

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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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We include experts in catalysts and electrolyzer design, polymer engineering, density functional theory simulations and carbon dioxide capture. We intend to build an electrochemical modular system as a platform for a continuous conversion process of simulated flue gas to pure liquid fuels. —Haotian Wang. —Haotian Wang.

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Researchers use efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells to convert CO2 to butyric acid; upgrade to butanol

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The MES cell design proved highly efficient, with average cell voltages of 2.6–2.8 This study showcases the potential of bioelectrochemical conversion of CO 2 to butyric acid and its subsequent upgrade to butanol in microbial electrolysis cells. Solventogenic butanol production was triggered at a pH below 4.8

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Columbia University engineers make breakthrough in understanding electroreduction of CO2 for conversion to electrofuels

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Recent research in electrocatalytic CO 2 conversion points the way to using CO 2 as a feedstock and renewable electricity as an energy supply for the synthesis of different types of fuel and value-added chemicals such as ethylene, ethanol, and propane. Their paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

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This design permits continuous propane production, sidestepping the pitfalls of the more conventional batch processing methods. This approach illuminated the crucial elements influencing the catalyst’s reaction activity, selectivity, and stability.

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Novel membrane-free Mg-CO2 battery sequesters CO2 and generates electricity

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Researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have designed a membrane-free (MF) Mg-CO 2 battery as an advanced approach to sequester CO 2 emissions by generating electricity and value-added chemicals without any harmful by-products. A paper on the work is published in the journal Nano Energy.

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