{"id":4580,"date":"2019-03-01T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T13:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/duplicaat.swlogin.nl\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2019-03-01T18:23:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:23:42","slug":"test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.house-of-innovation.nl\/test\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalytic transformation of CO2 into carbon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I cam across an article referring to a publication in Nature Communications in which an Australian research group published a new method for direct transformation of CO2 into carbon.<\/p>\n<p>The technology is still in a research phase, but if workable on bigger scale it has high promises for a sustainable future. Solving two issues in one go: reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere and reduction of the chopping of wood for transformation into various kinds of carbon. I can imagine a wide range of applications ranging from drawing charcoal to active carbon, from BBQ charcoal to building block for carbon rich fuel.<\/p>\n<p>If you feel the same and have interest in further exploring business opportunities for this process, please leave your reaction hereunder, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.house-of-innovation.nl\/contact\/\">contact me<\/a> directly.<\/p>\n<p>This is the article:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Liquid metal catalyst solidifies CO2 for safe storage<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>27th February 2019 9:24 am<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>In what is claimed to be a world first, researchers have used a liquid metal catalyst to turn CO2 back into solid coal, an advance with implications for carbon capture and storage.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Schematic showing how liquid metal is used as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide into solid coal (Pic: RMIT University)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Published in <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-019-08824-8\">Nature Communications<\/a><\/u>, the research led by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia is claimed to offer an alternative direction for safely and permanently removing the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Technologies for carbon capture and storage (CCS) involve compressing CO2 into a liquid form, transporting it to a suitable site and injecting it underground but implementation has been hampered by engineering challenges, economic viability and environmental concerns about possible leaks from the storage sites.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>RMIT researcher Dr Torben Daeneke said converting CO2 into a solid could be a more sustainable approach.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhile we can\u2019t literally turn back time, turning carbon dioxide back into coal and burying it back in the ground is a bit like rewinding the emissions clock,\u201d said Daeneke, an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTo date, CO2 has only been converted into a solid at extremely high temperatures, making it industrially unviable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBy using liquid metals as a catalyst, we\u2019ve shown it\u2019s possible to turn the gas back into carbon at room temperature, in a process that\u2019s efficient and scalable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhile more research needs to be done, it\u2019s a crucial first step to delivering solid storage of carbon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lead author, Dr Dorna Esrafilzadeh, a Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Research Fellow in RMIT\u2019s School of Engineering, developed the electrochemical technique to capture and convert atmospheric CO2 to storable solid carbon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To convert CO2, the researchers designed a liquid metal catalyst with specific surface properties that made it extremely efficient at conducting electricity while chemically activating the surface.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to RMIT, the carbon dioxide is dissolved in a beaker filled with an electrolyte liquid and a small amount of the liquid metal, which is then charged with an electrical current.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The CO2 slowly converts into solid flakes of carbon, which are naturally detached from the liquid metal surface, allowing the continuous production of carbonaceous solid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA side benefit of the process is that the carbon can hold electrical charge, becoming a supercapacitor, so it could potentially be used as a component in future vehicles,\u201d Esrafilzadeh said. \u201cThe process also produces synthetic fuel as a by-product, which could also have industrial applications.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The research was conducted at RMIT\u2019s MicroNano Research Facility and the RMIT Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility. The collaboration involved researchers from Germany (University of Munster), China (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), the US (North Carolina State University) and Australia (UNSW, University of Wollongong, Monash University, QUT).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I cam across an article referring to a publication in Nature Communications in which an Australian research group published a new method for direct transformation of CO2 into carbon. The technology is still in a research phase, but if workable on bigger scale it has high promises for a sustainable future. 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