Jul
13
Returning CO2 Back to Fuel With a New Catalyst
July 13, 2017 | 1 Comment
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit led by Prof. Julia Khusnutdinova have developed an efficient CO2 recycling catalyst based on an inexpensive and abundant metal: manganese. Manganese is the third most abundant metal in Earth’s crust after titanium and iron, and presents much lower toxicity as compared to many […]
Jun
20
Closer to Recycling CO2
June 20, 2017 | Leave a Comment
Theorists at Caltech used quantum mechanics to predict what happens at atomic scales, while experimentalists at the Berkeley Lab used X-ray studies to analyze the steps in a chemical reaction returning CO2 to a fuel. The research was started when a carbon dioxide experiment didn’t match with what theorists predicted, so the researchers went back […]
Dec
1
On the Sugar Hunt
December 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
So far the best use of CO2 whether as a fuel use byproduct or already in the atmosphere is get it back to a simple sugar. From there the sugar’s carbon and hydrogen content can be used to make fuels and other products. Coming up with useable sugars is the devil in foundation of alternative […]
Jul
26
Getting that CO² Back Into Fuel
July 26, 2010 | 6 Comments
University of Cincinnati researchers in Ohio are reporting the development of a catalytic hydroboration system for the “highly efficient” reduction of CO2 with a borane and then hydrolysis of the resulting methoxyboryl species to produce methanol (CH3OH) with a good yield. In short form – the researchers have a system to take CO2 gas and […]
Jun
2
The Wall Street Journal picked up the Ceres press release last week about the company’s field results with hybrid switchgrass blowing most any number about the land area needed for cellulosic based biofuel production out the window. No big surprise. Hybridization has had at least a six fold impact on corn, perhaps a 3 to […]
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