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Catalyst technology for scalable and high-efficiency power-to-liquid fuel systems
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Team: Matthew Kanan, Simon Bare
Making clean liquid fuels that can compete with fossil fuels will require a cost-effective way to chemically recycle CO2 emissions. The main bottleneck to date has been converting CO2 into a chemical building block called syngas, a process that typically requires extreme heat. This team invented a catalyst that solves this problem using low-cost materials that work at much lower temperatures, unlocking the potential to produce clean fuels and other commodity chemicals at scale.
Enabling cleaner fuels and chemicals.
Additional licensing of this new catalyst technology is being pursued to enable other applications in the fuel and chemical sectors.