Multi-approaches strategies for converting CO2 to platform molecules and value-added chemicals: catalysis and electrocatalysis investigations

• Grant number: 17/08420-0
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Young Investigators Grants
• Duration: March 01, 2018 - February 28, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Technology
• Convênio/Acordo: BE-BASIC Consortium
• Principal Investigator: Janaina Fernandes Gomes
• Grantee: Janaina Fernandes Gomes
• Principal researcher abroad: Marc Koper
• Institution abroad: Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Jose Mansur Assaf
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/00120-8 - Electroreduction of CO2 to ethanol on copper-based catalysts, BP.DR; 20/07843-7 - Hydrogenation of CO2 on non-noble elements-based catalysts: the influence of the catalyst chemical composition and pressure on the reaction kinetics, BP.MS; 20/03475-3 - Comparative study of the mechanism of co and CO2 hydrogenation on Cu-based materials via heterogeneous catalysis and eletrocatalysis, BP.MS; + associated scholarships 19/11246-7 - Hydrogenation of CO2 on metal oxide-supported Cu-based materials: catalyst stability under different reaction conditions, BP.IC; 19/08521-6 - Synthesis and characterization of metal oxide-supported Cu-based catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation: the impact of the preparation method on the materials physicochemical properties, BP.IC; 18/23601-3 - Multi-approaches strategies for converting CO2 to platform molecules and value-added chemicals: catalysis and electrocatalysis investigations, BP.JP.BIOEN - associated scholarships

Abstract

Strategies to reduce CO2 emissions and control the increase in atmospheric CO2 levels are urgent. A promising approach to help to minimize the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphereand the corresponding negative environmental impacts includes the use of CO2 as feedstock for chemicals, as fuels for example. These compounds can be synthesized by the CO2 hydrogenation via heterogeneous catalysis or electrocatalysis. At the corresponding state of the art, however, catalysts employed in the CO2 hydrogenation present low CO2 conversion, low selectivity towards the formation of a specific product, low stability under the reaction conditions and/or high costs. Therefore, the development of more efficient catalysts, preferentially based on non-noble elements, is necessary. In the present project, we propose unconventional multi-approaches strategies to address the transformation of CO2 to platform molecules and value added C2+ compounds via heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis, employing catalysts composed by copper and iron, which are non-noble elements. Within this project, we intend to identify potential similarities and discrepancies between the mechanisms of C-C bond formation and carbon-chain growth corresponding to the CO2 catalytic hydrogenation and electro-reduction. This further mechanistic understanding can contribute for the future design of catalysts with specific characteristics to efficiently and selectively hydrogenate CO2 to useful products at different reaction environments (gas vs. liquid phase). The development of efficient catalysts to the hydrogenation of CO2 to platform molecules and value added products could potentially lead to applications with commercial value in the biobased economy, as, for example, in sugar-energy industries. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SANTANA, CASSIA S.; RASTEIRO, LETICIA F.; MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.; GOMES, JANAINA F.; ASSAF, JOSE M.. Influence of Al, Cr, Ga, or Zr as promoters on the performance of Cu/ZnO catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS, v. 528, p. 9-pg., 2022-07-18. (17/08420-0, 17/22671-5, 18/24339-0, 17/05241-7, 17/08293-8)

SILVA, ALISSON H. M. DA; VIEIRA, LUIZ H.; SANTANTA, CASSIA S.; KOPER, MARC T. M.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.; ASSAF, JOSE M.; GOMES, JANAINA F.. Ethanol formation from CO2 hydrogenation at atmospheric pressure using Cu catalysts: Water as a key component. APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, v. 324, p. 11-pg., 2023-05-05. (18/23601-3, 17/05241-7, 18/24339-0, 17/08420-0, 18/12021-6, 15/06246-7, 20/15230-5)

DA SILVA, ALISSON H. M.; RAAIJMAN, STEFAN J.; SANTANA, CASSIA S.; ASSAF, JOSE M.; GOMES, JANAINA F.; KOPER, MARC T. M.. Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2+ products on Cu and CuxZny electrodes: Effects of chemical composition and surface morphology. JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, v. 880, JAN 1 2021. (17/05241-7, 17/08420-0, 15/06246-7, 18/23601-3, 18/24339-0)

DA SILVA, ALISSON H. M.; RAAIJMAN, STEFAN J.; SANTANA, CASSIA S.; ASSAF, JOSE M.; GOMES, JANAINA F.; KOPER, MARC T. M.. Reprint of "Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2+ products on Cu and CuxZny electrodes: Effects of chemical composition and surface morphology". JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, v. 896, p. 9-pg., 2021-09-01. (18/23601-3, 17/05241-7, 18/24339-0, 17/08420-0, 15/06246-7)

SANTANA, CASSIA S.; SHINE, LUIZA S.; VIEIRA, LUIZ H.; PASSINI, RICARDO J.; URQUIETA-GONZALEZ, ERNESTO A.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.; GOMES, JANAINA F.; ASSAF, JOSE M.. ffect of the Synthesis Method on Physicochemical Properties and Performance of Cu/ZnO/Nb2O5 Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methano. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, v. 60, n. 51, p. 18750-18758, DEC 29 2021. (18/23601-3, 17/05241-7, 19/08521-6, 17/08420-0)