Implementation of carbon dioxide capture technology, from point sources and from air, will be key to mitigating industrial emissions, compensating for hard-to-abate sectors, and concentrating CO2 for subsequent use as a sustainable carbon feedstock. Absorption, desorption, and sorbent regeneration steps are energy intensive, especially when using conventional temperature- or pressure-swing approaches. Emergent approaches based on electrochemistry (electro-swing) have potential advantages in efficiency, modularity, and versatility. This symposium features scientific and technical advances across the range of electro-swing approaches to CO2 capture, including pH-swing, electrodialysis, red-ox switchable sorbents, and other innovative methodologies. Approaches to integrate capture and conversion using electrochemistry (e.g. direct carbonate electrolysis) will also be featured. The scope will span fundamental mechanisms, theory, device development, and techno-economic aspects of electro-swing CO2 capture.
- Electrochemistry
- Carbon Capture
- Reactive capture
Matthew T. Mayer is presently leader of a Helmholtz Young Investigator Group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, studying electrochemical and photoelectrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide. He earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Boston College, and performed postdoctoral studies at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces.
Peter Strasser is the chaired professor of �Electrochemistry for energy conversion and storage� at the Chemical Engineering Division of the Department of Chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin. Prior to his appointment, he was Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston. Before moving to Houston, Prof. Strasser served as Senior Member of staff at Symyx Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, USA. In 1999, Prof. Strasser earned his doctoral degree in Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry from the �Fritz-Haber-Institute� of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin, Germany, under the direction of the 2007 Chemistry Nobel Laureate, Professor Gerhard Ertl. In the same year, he was awarded the �Otto-Hahn Research Medal� by the Max-Planck Society. In 1996, Dr. Strasser was visiting scientist with Sony Central Research, Yokohama, Japan. He studied chemistry at Stanford University, the University of Tuebingen, and the University of Pisa, Italy. Professor Strasser is interested in the fundamental Materials Science and Catalysis of electrified liquid solid interfaces, in particular for renewable energy conversion, energy storage, production of fuels and chemicals.