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Photonics technology using plasmon catalysis to turn carbon dioxide into fuels

The key objective is to develop and validate a photonic device and chemical process concept for the sunlight-powered conversion of CO2 and green H2 to the chemical fuel methane (CH4, Sabatier process), and to carbon monoxide (CO, reverse Water Gas Shift process – rWGS) as starting material for production of the chemical fuel methanol (CH3OH). Both CH4 and CH3OH are compatible with our current infrastructure, and suited for multiple applications such as car fuel, energy storage, and starting material to produce valuable chemicals.

Project lead:

• TNO

Project partners:

• UHasselt - imo-imomec
• IMEC vzw, Associated lab IMOMEC
• ETH Zürich
• Fraunhofer
• Chemtrix
• Signify
• EPFL
• DLR
• Rina
• ACEA
• Aragon Hydrogen Foundation
• Environment Park

More information can be found at the project website.