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Biel-Nielsen TL, Hatton TA, Villadsen SNB, Jakobsen JS, Bonde JL, Spormann AM, Fosbøl PL. Electrochemistry-Based CO 2 Removal Technologies. ChemSusChem 2023; 16:e202202345. [PMID: 36861656 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202202345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Unprecedented increase in atmospheric CO2 levels calls for efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective technologies for CO2 removal, including both capture and conversion approaches. Current CO2 abatement is largely based on energy-intensive thermal processes with a high degree of inflexibility. In this Perspective, it is argued that future CO2 technologies will follow the general societal trend towards electrified systems. This transition is largely promoted by decreasing electricity prices, continuous expansion of renewable energy infrastructure, and breakthroughs in carbon electrotechnologies, such as electrochemically modulated amine regeneration, redox-active quinones and other species, and microbial electrosynthesis. In addition, new initiatives make electrochemical carbon capture an integrated part of Power-to-X applications, for example, by linking it to H2 production. Selected electrochemical technologies crucial for a future sustainable society are reviewed. However, significant further development of these technologies within the next decade is needed, to meet the ambitious climate goals.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tessa Lund Biel-Nielsen
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 229, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Sebastian N B Villadsen
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 229, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- ESTECH A/S, Sverigesvej 13, DK-5700, Svendborg, Denmark
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering and of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, California, USA
- Novo Nordisk Foundation CO2 Research Center, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, Building 3135, 214, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Philip L Fosbøl
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 229, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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