Project Info

Catalysts for CO2 Conversion

Colin Wolden | cwolden@mines.edu

Carbon capture and utilization is a grand challenge facing the world. This project will explore and test novel catalyts designed to convert CO2 into higher value products such as olefins and carbon neutral fuels.

For more information:
B. Yan, S. Yao, S. Kattel, Q. Wu, Z. Xie, E. Gomez, P. Liu, D. Su and J. G. Chen, “Active sites for tandem reactions of CO2 reduction and ethane dehydrogenation”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, 8278 (2018).
M. A. Atanga, F. Rezaei, A. Jawad, M. Fitch and A. A. Rownaghi, “Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propylene with carbon dioxide”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 220, 429-445 (2018).
Y. A. Agafonov, N. A. Gaidai and A. L. Lapidus, “Propane dehydrogenation on chromium oxide and gallium oxide catalysts in the presence of CO2”, Kinetics and Catalysis 59, 744-753 (2018).

Grand Challenge: Develop carbon sequestration methods