The EDISON project aims at developing and building a device able to convert CO2 in ethanol and water in H2O2 at a minimum selectivity of 70% employing non-critical raw materials, and guided by the technoeconomical analysis of the process. To this end, four research groups at ICN2, ICFO, and ICIQ (2) have assembled in a […]
FPI-SO Fellowship – Liliana Santamaria Acevedo
FPI Fellowship – Ghazaleh Abdolhosseini
Sustainable Photo-Electrochemical Valorization of flue gases
In the road to sustainability, the treatment of post-combustion emissions is still far from being techno-economically viable. On one end, the low concentration of CO2 in these streams, precludes the use of current carbon capture (CC) technologies. On the other end, even if CC were successfully implemented, there are not plausible final uses, maybe except […]
Grup de Catàlisi Aplicada
Low-pressure CO2 Capture technology for the fermentation industry
New boundary conditions for advanced electrocatalysis: from magnetic field effects to solventless configurations
Novel photo-assisted systems for direct solar-driven reduction of CO2 to energy rich chemicals
Gathering 15 partners from 9 European and associated countries and 3 from Asian countries, SUN2CHEM’s main objective is to develop solutions to achieve efficient solar-driven CO2 reduction, targeting ethylene as the final product. Ethylene, an energy-rich chemical produced from fossil fuels in industry, has both high commercial value and a giant global market. SUNCHEM’s ambitions […]
FPI Fellowship – Neus Sunyer Pons
Renewable Energy through New Electrolysis catalysts for water splitting
Inexpensive, renewable energy storage is vital for the future of humanity. Generating H2 via water splitting in proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis is a promising route for renewable fuel production. Wide-spread use of PEM electrolysis is limited by the high cost of the electrocatalysts which are composed of rare-earth metals such as Ir, Ru, and […]
Distributed chemicals and fuels production from CO2 in photoelectrocatalytic devices
DECADE project proposes a new photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) approach for the conversion of CO2 avoiding water oxidation as anodic reaction to overcome the current limits in PEC system and to maximize effective energy utilization. Novel PEC technology will be developed up to TRL 5 (prototype testing under environmental relevant conditions) using alcohols and waste CO2 as […]
PROBIST Fellowship – Irene Sánchez
DI Fellowship – Santiago Capelo
FPI Fellowship – Mabel de Fez
FPI Fellowship – Andrea Moneo
Novel (photo)electrochemical strategies for the transformation of renewable energy sources into sustainable energy vectors
Water is a vastly preferred source for hydrogen, one of the most promising green fuels for the establishment of a sustainable and environmentally friendly energy cycle. This close cycle would work through the use of renewable energy for splitting water into its components: oxygen and hydrogen; and then extracting the stored energy recombining them back […]