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Project

Light-assisted and thermal heterogeneous catalysis for the direct conversion of CO2 to olefins
Code
179N05621
Duration
01 March 2021 → 31 August 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Synthesis of materials
  • Engineering and technology
    • Polymer reaction engineering
    • Polymer processing
Keywords
catalysis olefins
 
Project description

The focus of C2O is to develop innovative processes and catalysts to convert CO2 directly into light
olefins via 2 routes: (i) thermocatalytic tandem CO2 hydrogenation and (ii) photon-driven catalytic CO2 hydrogenation.