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WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

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Researchers at Washington University in St. To the best of our knowledge, this study represents the first attempt for biofuel production using a solar panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis platform, where carbon dioxide is directly converted to liquid fuel. 2021) “n-Butanol production by Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1.”

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Molten carbonate electrolysis can produce a range of carbon nanomaterials, including graphene, from CO2 at high yield

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Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and George Washington University in the US report in a new paper in the ACS journal Accounts of Chemical Research that a range of important carbon nanomaterials can be produced at high yield by molten carbonate electrolysis. —Liu et al. 2019.11.019.

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GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

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Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht have demonstrated the first facile high-yield, low-energy synthesis of macroscopic length carbon nanotubes (CNTs)—carbon nanotube wool—from CO 2 using molten carbonate electrolysis ( earlier post ). Johnson et al. Click to enlarge. 2017.07.003.

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Licht Group reports high-yield, low-energy synthesis of carbon nano-onions from CO2

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Researchers at George Washington University led by Prof. The researchers estimate the upper-bound cost of the new chemistry of CNO production by molten carbonate electrolysis—excluding anode costs to be determined—to be $1,000 per ton. A paper on their work is published in the journal Advanced Sustainable Systems.

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GWU team suggests C2CNT carbon nanotube composites could amplify reduction of GHG emissions

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A team of researchers at George Washington University led by Prof. The focus of their study was the theoretical calculations of greenhouse gas CO 2 reductions using CNT composite structural materials when formed with CNTs made from CO 2 , rather than conventional high-CO 2 -emissive production techniques such as CVD.

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Blocking CO2 fixation in certain bacteria can greatly increase biohydrogen production

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Reducing the ability of certain bacteria to fix carbon dioxide can greatly increase their production of hydrogen gas, according to a open access paper by Caroline Harwood and James McKinlay from the University of Washington, Seattle, in the current issue of online journal mBio. Source: McKinlay and Harwood. Click to enlarge.

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GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

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Conventional thermal decomposition production of lime (left) versus STEP direct solar conversion of calcium carbonate to calcium oxide (right). The majority (about 60%) of those CO 2 emissions result from the production of lime. The majority (about 60%) of those CO 2 emissions result from the production of lime.

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