SunCoChem research on scaling-up sun-driven electrocatalysis at MATSUS24
The SunCoChem work on scaling-up the sun-driven electrocatalytic CO2 capture and conversion to Syngas was presented during the Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS24) that took place in Barcelona, Spain, from the 4th to the 8th of March 2024.
Simelys Hernández, project partner and associate professor from the Politecnico di Torino, presented the project advances at the symposium “Solar Fuel Scale” about the scalability, stability and outdoor operation of solar fuel production.
Acknowledging the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and combat climate change, the presentation emphasized the promising approach of the Photo-electrochemical CO2 reduction (EC CO2R) into chemicals and fuels to mitigate CO2 emissions and achieve a carbon-neutral future.
The presentation underlined SunCoChem’s significant strides in discovering new, efficient, and sustainable electrocatalysts for the CO2 co-electrolysis, and ionic liquids used as electrolytes for tuning CO and H2 selectivity. Moreover, it highlighted the scale-up potential of the SunCoChem integrated system of CO2 capture and conversion to Syngas with a high conversion rate. Currently, the technology is under validation in a TRL4 reactor for direct CO2 conversion from simulated anthropogenic sources.
SunCoChem’s observed findings offer openings for large-scale carbon capture and CO2 reduction technology deployment.
The team responsible for the reported work was formed by Simelys Hernández, Hilmar Guzman and Federica Zammillo, from the Department of Applied Science and Technology at Politecnico di Torino; Roger Miró, Adrianna Nogalska and Miriam Diaz de los Bernardos from the Chemical Technology Unit at Eurecat; Alberto Lopera and Maria J. Lopez-Tendero, from Laurentia Technologies and Freddy Liendo and Massimiliano Antonini from Hysytech.
