Converting CO2 into something useful
Curtis Berlinguette a
a The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of nanoGe September Meeting 2017 (NFM17)
SF1: Material and Device Innovations for the Practical Implementation of Solar Fuels (SolarFuel17)
Barcelona, Spain, 2017 September 4th - 9th
Organizers: Wilson Smith and Ki Tae Nam
Invited Speaker, Curtis Berlinguette, presentation 009
Publication date: 20th June 2016

The primary mission of our program is to use inexpensive renewable energy to convert feedstocks into higher value products. One key theme is the development of (photo)electrocatalytic reactions that convert sunlight directly or indirectly into products with economic value. The use of carbon dioxide as a feedstock for conversion reactions represents a highly compelling scenario because the carbon containing products can be deployed in global fuel and chemical markets with robust infrastructures. Innovative approaches are still needed, however, in order to realize a commercially viable carbon dioxide conversion system. This presentation will outline our proof-of-principle methodologies for mediating interfacial carbon dioxide reduction reactions that produce value-added chemicals, and identifying conditions where breakdown of the active catalytic materials is avoided. These efforts include (but are not limited to) driving up the rates of carbon dioxide reduction to industrially meaningful current densities, and coupling carbon dioxide reduction with other reactions to increase the productivity of an overall system.

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