Themed collection Carbon capture, storage or utilisation – Topic Highlight

Electrochemical technologies support the transition towards carbon-neutral chemical manufacturing and we need new approaches to accelerate electrolysis scale-up.

Zinc sulfide (ZnS) and doped ZnS have gained significant attention for the potential catalytic transformation of CO₂ into useful compounds.

Photothermal catalysis is a promising method for converting C1 feedstocks into valuable chemicals. This comprehensive review highlights the mechanism, design strategies for catalysts, and recent progress in photothermal catalytic C1 conversion.

Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (eCO₂ RR) is an efficient strategy to relieve global environmental and energy issues by converting excess CO₂ from the atmosphere to value-added products.

Hydrogen (H₂) production along with CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage) are two key areas for transition to net-zero emission. Carbon-neutral liquid e-fuels produced from H₂ and captured CO₂ are practical alternatives to fossil fuels.

A membrane electrode assembly-type electrochemical cell consisting of an all-Ag flow channel exhibits selective CO production from bicarbonate electrolyte and air containing CO₂ mixed gas.

This study reports a comprehensive analysis of the operation of a biogas methanation system with a total 240 kW SNG output.

Next step forward towards green steel! A pilot plant integrated into a steel mill has been operated successfully and shows promising results. This novel, retrofitted process for steel production has the potential to cut global CO₂ emissions by 0.5%!

Permeability distribution imposes substantial control over CO₂ flow path, in situ temperature changes, and fluid pressure propagation in offshore geologic storage of CO₂.

Electrowetting leads to flooding of silver-based, carbon-free gas diffusion electrodes for CO₂ electrolysis.

Enhancing CO₂ capture through conjugated microporous polymers.

Electrochemical conversion of CO₂ to C₁ and C₂₊ chemical synthons using a 2D Ti₃C₂T_x catalyst in benign aqueous electrolytes.

CO₂RR binary alloy catalyst design insight gained through density functional theory and machine learning with a focus on COCOH adsorption energy.

The influence of bond polarity on the thermochemical redox properties of a series of cation substituted perovskite oxygen carriers is reported.

The relationship between porosity within a given pore size range, and uptake of CO₂ as a function of pressure.

We use quinone reduction potentials to showcase molecularly tunable CO₂ binding strengths for a family of electrochemically generated quinoid molecular sorbents. In our study, we find that CO₂ binding stoichiometry varies with CO₂ concentration.

We investigate how different CDR options—afforestation/reforestation (AR), bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), and direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS)—might be deployed to meet the Paris Agreement's CDR objectives.

Power-to-gas-to-power technologies incorporating electrolysis, methanation, SNG-fired Allam cycles and subsurface storages allow for a confined and circular use of CO₂/CH₄ and thus an emission-free seasonal storage of intermittent renewable energy.

Waste silicon wafer recovered from the solar panel production process acted as a reducing agent for reduction and reductive functionalization of CO₂ with fluoride catalyst.

A new combined chemical looping process makes use of any gas stream containing CO₂ and fuel to produce carbon monoxide without external energy input. Carbon monoxide can be used for producing a variety of carbon-based products.

Ionic liquid-based aqueous electrolytes with reduced IL content for coupling CO₂ capture and electrochemical reduction.

Direct activation of biomass, via a simple and lower cost one-step process, with potassium oxalate as a mild and less corrosive agent, yields activated carbon with properties and CO₂ uptake comparable or superior to conventionally prepared activated carbons.