Pathways to Industrial-Scale Fuel Out of Thin Air from CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; Electrolysis

Smith, W.A.; Burdyny, T.E.; Vermaas, D.A.; Geerlings, J.J.C.

doi:10.1016/j.joule.2019.07.009

Pathways to Industrial-Scale Fuel Out of Thin Air from CO₂ Electrolysis

Title

Pathways to Industrial-Scale Fuel Out of Thin Air from CO₂ Electrolysis

Author

Smith, W.A. (TU Delft ChemE/Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage)
Burdyny, T.E. (TU Delft ChemE/Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage)
Vermaas, D.A. (TU Delft ChemE/Transport Phenomena; AquaBattery B.V.)
Geerlings, J.J.C. (TU Delft ChemE/Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage; Shell Global Solutions International B.V.)

Date

2019

Abstract

Using renewable energy as an input, Power-to-X technologies have the potential to replace fossil fuels and chemicals with dense-energy carriers that are instead derived out of thin air. In this work, we put into context what the industrial-scale production of chemicals from ambient CO₂ using CO₂ electrolysis means in terms of future required operating conditions and the device and catalyst scales that will be needed for the technology to assume its role in our global energy system.

Subject

CO electrolyzers
methanol synthesis
renewable energy
scaling novel energy technologies

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2019.07.009

Embargo date

2020-08-21

Source

Joule, 3 (8), 1822-1834

Bibliographical note

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