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Cover Picture: Chemical Technologies for Exploiting and Recycling Carbon Dioxide into the Value Chain (ChemSusChem 9/2011)
Author(s) -
Peters Martina,
Köhler Burkhard,
Kuckshinrichs Wilhelm,
Leitner Walter,
Markewitz Peter,
Müller Thomas E.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201190035
Subject(s) - renewable energy , raw material , carbon dioxide , fossil fuel , cover (algebra) , biomass (ecology) , greenhouse gas , resource (disambiguation) , renewable resource , environmental science , carbon fibers , environmental economics , biochemical engineering , natural resource economics , computer science , waste management , chemistry , engineering , ecology , economics , computer network , algorithm , electrical engineering , biology , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry , composite number
Carbon dioxide, a renewable resource: The cover illustrates the vision of utilizing the greenhouse gas CO 2 as feedstock for chemical production. With the implementation of carbon capture technologies, CO 2 will become available in vast quantities as an economically attractive resource. On condition that an adequate supply of energy from non‐fossil resources for chemical processing is ensured, the use of this CO 2 would harvest nature's carbon resources most directly, without the by‐pass via biomass or fossil resources and could open up a complementary strategy contributing to a closed anthropogenic carbon cycle. In a Review on page 1216, Leitner and Müller et al. discuss strategies to identify the most interesting products and chemical pathways for the utilization of CO 2 . The cover image was prepared by Thorsten Groetker (FairyDustInc).