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New catalysts to convert CO2 to polycarbonate polyols

Using captured CO2 as a chemical reagent is an attractive means of carbon sequestration. One prom...

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Electrocatalysts to convert CO2 to plastics

Electrocatalysts are catalysts that can participate in and accelerate electrochemical reactions. ...

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Synthetic biology to convert CO2 to bioethylene

Conventionally, ethylene is made from natural gas or petroleum, both fossil sources that emit net...

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Mineralization technology to convert CO2 to carbonates and bicarbonates

Nature already sequesters CO2 through mineralization. The hydrolysis of CO2 in moist air or water...

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CO2 sequestration in unmineable coal seams and use for enhanced coalbed methane recovery

Coal seams (soal deposits under rock formations) contain significant amounts of methane trapped i...

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CO2-EOR in Offshore Oil Fields

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) refers to the extraction of crude oil from an oil field that cannot b...

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Fermentation of CO2 to chemicals

While fermentation of sugars to fuels and chemicals is a well known domain, select microbes and m...

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Enhancing crop cultivation in industrial greenhouses

Having higher amounts of ambient CO2 can lead to increased yield in many crops.

This fa...

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Cluster greenhouse strategy for arriving at better economies for greenhouses

In cases where industrial CO2 emissions are planned to be fed to greenhouses, the CO2 needs to be...

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Carbon dioxide enrichment by composting in greenhouses

Composting of waste biomass, plant waste and organic waste emits CO2. This CO2 is biogenic and no...

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CO2 from flue gases from ammonia production used to produce CaCO3 which in turn is used in fertilizer production

Ammonia production, in the urea manufacturing process, emits pure CO2 as a by-product as well as ...

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Catalysts that build CO2 into performance polymers

Traditional polymer manufacturing process involves use of petroleum derived epoxides for providin...

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Copper catalyst to convert CO2 to ethylene for polymers

Currently, petroleum based ethylene is produced from steam cracking of ethane and naphtha,while r...

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Microbial conversion of CO2 to PHA

PHA is a biodegradable bioplastic produced by bacterial fermentation of sugars and lipids. Use of...

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Cyanobacteria to convert industrial CO2 to bioplastics

Conversion of industrial CO2 to bioplastics are being carried out through various processes such ...

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Organocatalysts to convert CO2 to polycarbonates

Conventional polycarbonates involve use of petro products such as bisphenol A. In the case of CO2...

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Metal cyanide catalysts for CO2 to polyurethane

Conventional polyurethanes are produced using isocyanates from petroleum sources. Use of metal cy...

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Liquified CO2 addition in concrete mixer for curing

Concrete curing using carbon is an emerging concept to minimize industrial GHG emissions while al...

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Bendable concretes using CO2

Conventional concrete are rigid structures with poor durability and brittle. The new bendable con...

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Addition of CO2 with steel slag in fresh concrete for curing

Concrete curing with CO2 is an emerging process to minimize water and enhance strength of concret...

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Nano-titanium dioxide to enhance CO2 uptake by concrete

CO2 use in concrete as a curing agent is a novel technology. Current processes can use upto 7-10%...

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CO2 hydrogenation using renewable hydrogen for liquid fuels

Hydrogenation of CO2 to liquid fuels like methanol is an emerging, promising technology to minimi...

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Thermochemical conversion of algae biomass captured CO2 to liquid fuels

Carbon sequestration, capturing, and storing carbon emitted from the global energy system is a ma...

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Electrocatalysis of CO2 to formic acid and other chemicals

Use of CO2 as a feedstock for chemicals is a developing technology being explored by prominent ch...

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Artificial photosynthesis for transformation of CO2 into fuels

British researchers have developed a new system that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water ...

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Use of tailored graphene to turn CO2 into liquid fuel

Electroreduction of carbon dioxide into higher-energy liquid fuels and chemicals is a promising b...

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Integrating CCU with CO2-EOR

Numerous studies have been focused on mitigating CO 2 emissions by capturing and injecting into o...

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Electrocatalyst design for conversion of CO2 into ethanol

A research team led by scientists from Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago&rsq...

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Hydrothermally stable catalysts to improve yield and quality of biofuels from CO2

While CO2 hydrogenation is challenging due to the thermal stability of CO2, making reaction conve...

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Engineered Photosynthetic Bacteria for conversion of CO2 into chemicals

Cyanobacteria are being engineered to directly convert solar energy, carbon dioxide, and water to...

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Integrated solar-thermochemical synthesis of liquid hydrocarbon fuels

The SUN-to-LIQUID technology establishes a radically different non-biomass non-fossil path to syn...

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Cu-Fe catalyst for heavy hydrocarbons production from CO2 hydrogenation

Recently, carbon dioxide capture and conversion, along with hydrogen from renewable resources, pr...

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One-step reduction CO2 into hydrocarbons and methanol

Converting carbon dioxide and methane into liquid fuels and chemicals using single step processes...

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Biological gas-fermentation of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

Carbon-based materials, chemicals, and transportation fuels are predominantly made from fossil so...

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CO2 into gasoline

CO2 can be converted into a range of liquid fuels that are drop-in substitutes to currently used ...

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Using Fe-Mn-K catalyst to synthesize CO2 into organic jet fuel

In experiments, Fe-Mn-K catalyst by organic combustion method has shown  a high conversion r...

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Measuring and monitoring technologies for verification of CO2 storage in underground reservoirs

The current technologies available for storage site monitoring, focusing on a limited range of co...

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