Nano-Engineered Co-Ionic Ceramic Reactors for CO2/H2O Electroconversion to Light Olefins

用于 CO2/H2O 电转化为轻质烯烃的纳米工程共离子陶瓷反应器

• 批准号: 10079292
• 金额: $ 51.8万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10079292
• 关键词: Nano; Engineered; Co; Ionic; Ceramic

As a major contributor to the global CO2 emissions, the commodity chemical industry should be urgently coupled with renewable electricity to become independent from fossil fuel resources. ECOLEFINS aims to establish a new, all-electric paradigm for the electro conversion of CO2 and H2O to light olefins, the key-intermediates for polymers and other daily life chemical products. The proposed concept reverses the heavy CO2 emissions associated to the petroleum-based light olefins production to massive CO2 capture and valorisation for carbon negative ethylene, propylene and butylene. The concept introduces co-ionic ceramic membrane reactors and short stacks/modules that merge the anodic steam electrolysis for hydrogen production with the cathodic CO2 electrolysis and hydrogenation to light olefins, over tailored and nano-engineered electrodes; aiming to develop a substantially more effective technology, for the single step, RES-powered artificial photosynthesis of CO2 to valuable chemicals. This ambition entails a multi-disciplinary task, requiring highly tuned synergies among cutting edge research in the fields of: i) advanced materials science & engineering for co-ionic composites, perovskite ex-solutions, and organometallics, ii) electrochemistry and electrochemical process engineering, iii) catalysis science and engineering, iv) computer aided materials design and atomic scale modelling, and v) digital real-scale process modelling and economic evaluation, along with a comprehensive sustainability assessment, applied social research for impact framing, and marketization planning.

作为全球二氧化碳排放的主要贡献者，大宗化学工业应紧急与可再生电力结合，以摆脱化石燃料资源的束缚。 ECOLEFINS 旨在建立一种新的全电动范例，将 CO2 和 H2O 电转化为轻质烯烃，轻质烯烃是聚合物和其他日常生活化学产品的关键中间体。所提出的概念将与石油基轻质烯烃生产相关的大量二氧化碳排放转变为大量二氧化碳捕获和碳负乙烯、丙烯和丁烯的增值。该概念引入了共离子陶瓷膜反应器和短堆/模块，将阳极蒸汽电解制氢与阴极二氧化碳电解和加氢生产轻质烯烃相结合，采用超定制和纳米工程电极；旨在开发一种更有效的技术，用于一步、RES驱动的人工光合作用将二氧化碳转化为有价值的化学品。这一雄心壮志需要多学科的任务，需要以下领域的前沿研究之间高度协调的协同作用：i）共离子复合材料、钙钛矿前溶液和有机金属的先进材料科学与工程，ii）电化学和电化学过程工程，iii）催化科学与工程，iv）计算机辅助材料设计和原子尺度建模，v）数字真实规模过程建模和经济评估，以及全面的可持续性评估，应用社会研究的影响框架和市场化规划。