Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2018

The C2CNT team uses low-energy, low-cost technology developed in the Licht lab located at GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus to transform carbon dioxide into widely useful and highly valued products—carbon nanotubes. Illustration credit: Licht, from Scientific Reports at Nature.com, 6:27760, 2016.

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Carbon Climate Change CO2 Climate 150

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Their hybrid approach combines the highly efficient light harvesting of inorganic semiconductors with the high specificity, low cost, and self-replication and -repair of biocatalysts. Sakimoto, Andrew Barnabas Wong, Peidong Yang (2016) “Self-photosensitization of nonphotosynthetic bacteria for solar-to-chemical production” Science Vol.

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Hybrid CO2 Solar Light 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2016

Novomer is commercializing a proprietary catalyst system that transforms waste CO 2 into high performance, low-cost polymers for a variety of applications, including foam and plastic that are easily recyclable. Low Finished Polymer Cost. Among these companies is Novomer. These polymers contain up to 50% CO 2 by mass.

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Ford Polymer CO2 Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2016

Despite the many desirable attributes of PEF, the plastics industry has yet to find a low-cost way to manufacture it at scale. Kanan (2016) “Carbon dioxide utilization via carbonate-promoted C–H carboxylation” Nature 531, 215–219 doi: 10.1038/nature17185. —Banerjee et al. Aanindeeta Banerjee, Graham R.

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Molten Salt Carbon CO2 Fuel 150

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

The researchers’ initial analysis suggests that the spiky textured surface of the catalysts provides ample reactive sites to facilitate the carbon dioxide-to-ethanol conversion. 2016) “High-Selectivity Electrochemical Conversion of CO 2 to Ethanol using a Copper Nanoparticle/N-Doped Graphene Electrode”, ChemistrySelect doi: 10.1002/slct.201601169.

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Conversion CO2 Carbon Water 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

lignin, CO 2 , and biosolids), improving organic and inorganic catalysts to increase conversion efficiency and decrease costs, and creating high-value performance-advantaged bioproducts to allow for more profitable biorefineries. These resources thus offer potential opportunity for conversion into biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower.

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Waste Renewable Conversion Carbon 170