Description du projet
De nouveaux catalyseurs permettent de transformer le CO2 en carburant et en produits chimiques
Les catalyseurs sont des composants essentiels des réactions chimiques, aussi bien pour les réactions naturelles que celles conçues pour des applications. Sans eux, de nombreuses réactions ne se produiraient pas ou se dérouleraient à des rythmes si lents qu’elles en deviendraient inutiles. La conversion électrocatalytique du CO2 en d’autres produits chimiques désigne l’une de ces réactions. C’est un moyen important de réduire la quantité d’émissions de CO2 dans l’atmosphère et de favoriser une économie circulaire, mais les catalyseurs actuels sont très inefficaces. Le projet STRATCAT-CO2, financé par l’UE, développera des techniques pour améliorer la conversion catalytique du CO2 en éthanol et en éthylène, qui désignent respectivement un carburant essentiel et un élément essentiel chimique.
Objectif
By enabling the use of CO2 as a medium for energy storage and as a feedstock for chemical production, the electrochemical reduction of CO2 (eCO2RR) is a potentially transformative technology for the European chemical and energy sectors in view of the European Union’s climate action roadmap. Ethanol and ethylene are high-value eCO2RR products with key roles as a fuel and as a chemical building block, respectively. However, current electrocatalysts are very inefficient in producing these multi-carbon compounds. This action proposes the investigation of an exciting and highly innovative strategy in eCO2RR catalysis—based on functionalizing the catalyst surface with tailored thiol ligands—with a clear potential to overcome the mechanistic hurdles toward C2 product formation. To this end, STRATCAT-CO2 will adopt an interdisciplinary approach combining model catalysts, state-of-the-art characterization, and a close synergy between experimental and theoretical research to gain a mechanistic understanding of surface functionalization that can guide catalyst development. In addition, this action will build bridges between fundamental efforts and electrode and device engineering to achieve breakthrough performance under conditions relevant for practical implementation. STRATCAT-CO2 will provide fresh perspectives in catalyst design for the eCO2RR and, by reaching the foreseen performance targets, set the basis for the development of new electrochemical processes for ethanol and ethylene production. Furthermore, this action will establish an intra-European interdisciplinary network between emerging researchers at DTU and TU Delft. STRATCAT-CO2 will allow the Experienced Researcher to consolidate a diverse set of technical competences uniquely suited for cutting-edge catalysis research, gain skills and credentials in teaching and supervision, and expand his collaboration network, thereby strengthening his career prospects toward achieving research independence.
Champ scientifique
- natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistry
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysiselectrocatalysis
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryalcohols
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compounds
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels
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