UD Prof. Bingjun Xu (right) and doctoral student Casper Brady are researching ways to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air as part of process that could be used to synthesize valuable chemicals and fuels.
Engineers reveal new way to capture carbon dioxide and use it cleanly and cost effectively
Dec. 20, 2019
As atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations continue to rise, many experts are looking for ways to capture this greenhouse gas and put it to good use. Bingjun Xu, Centennial Development Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, UD doctoral student Casper Brady and Mark E. Davis, the Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, have developed a new method to simultaneously capture carbon dioxide directly from the air and thermochemically split water into hydrogen and oxygen molecules using thermal energy that could come from sunlight. The resulting hydrogen and carbon dioxide molecules can then be used to synthesize valuable chemicals and fuels. Continue reading…