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CO2 utilization for the manufacture of plastics - RWTH Aachen University

Objective/theme

Researchers from RWTH Aachen University, the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, and Covestro AG have been nominated for their research on carbon dioxide as a raw material for plastics.

Process & benefits

The chemist and her colleagues have developed a method to utilize CO2 for the manufacture of plastics.

They have been nominated for the 2019 Deutscher Zukunftspreis for developing this novel catalytic process and its successful application in the manufacture of products.

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