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Carbon Dioxide Recycling: Emerging Large‐Scale Technologies with Industrial Potential
Author(s) -
Quadrelli Elsje Alessandra,
Centi Gabriele,
Duplan JeanLuc,
Perathoner Siglinda
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201100473
Subject(s) - renewable energy , pillar , environmental science , resource (disambiguation) , emerging technologies , biochemical engineering , environmental economics , nanotechnology , computer science , engineering , materials science , economics , computer network , structural engineering , electrical engineering
This Review introduces this special issue of ChemSusChem dedicated to CO 2 recycling. Its aim is to offer an up‐to‐date overview of CO 2 chemical utilization (inorganic mineralization, organic carboxylation, reduction reactions, and biochemical conversion), as a continuation and extension of earlier books and reviews on this topic, but with a specific focus on large‐volume routes and projects/pilot plants that are currently emerging at (pre‐)industrial level. The Review also highlights how some of these routes will offer a valuable opportunity to introduce renewable energy into the existing energy and chemical infrastructure (i.e., “drop‐in” renewable energy) by synthesis of chemicals from CO 2 that are easy to transport and store. CO 2 conversion therefore has the potential to become a key pillar of the sustainable and resource‐efficient production of chemicals and energy from renewables.