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Harvesting Renewable Energy for Carbon Dioxide Catalysis

Journal

ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 796-811

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/ente.201600609

Keywords

carbon dioxide; energy harvesting; plasmas chemistry; reaction mechanisms; renewable resources

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Funding

  1. Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO) [G.0254.14 N, G.0217.14 N, G.0383.16 N]
  2. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [ENE2014-53459-R]

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The use of renewable energy (RE) to transform carbon dioxide into commodities (i.e., CO2 valorization) will pave the way towards a more sustainable economy in the coming years. But how can we efficiently use this energy (mostly available as electricity or solar light) to drive the necessary (catalytic) transformations? This paper presents a review of the technological advances in the transformation of carbon dioxide by means of RE. The socioeconomic implications and chemical basis of the transformation of carbon dioxide with RE are discussed. Then a general view of the use of RE to activate the (catalytic) transformations of carbon dioxide with microwaves, plasmas, and light is presented. The fundamental phenomena involved are introduced from a catalytic and reaction device perspective to present the advantages of this energy form as well as the inherent limitations of the present state-of-the-art. It is shown that efficient use of RE requires the redesign of current catalytic concepts. In this context, a new kind of reaction system, an energy-harvesting device, is proposed as a new conceptual approach for this endeavor. Finally, the challenges that lie ahead for the efficient and economical use of RE for carbon dioxide conversion are exposed.

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