| Project Detail |
The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) will develop a novel electrochemical process for electrochemically synthesizing C2+ alcohols, i.e., ethanol and propanol from captured CO2, at high rates in a laboratory-scale zero-gap flow electrolyzer. The IIT team will study the effects of flue gas composition and operating conditions on the reaction kinetics parameters and mass transport rate of the flue-gas-based CO2 reduction reaction. Ultimately, an environmentally friendly, economically feasible, and energy efficient CCU process will be developed for large-scale carbon-neutral production of chemical and fuels that are currently produced in carbon-intensive and energy-consuming thermal processes.
Potential Impact:
IIT will address the US need to develop sustainable, carbon-neutral production of chemicals at the gigaton scale while simultaneously capturing CO2 at the source of production in a distributed way. The project aims to: |
