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CO₂ is not a waste product but a raw material!

To reach the 2050 climate targets, we must give up fossil fuels and fossil raw materials, and switch to circular carbon. ‘It will take a while to work out all the details,’ say TU Delft professors Wiebren de Jong (Large-Scale Energy Storage) and Earl Goetheer (Electrochemical conversion of CO2) . ‘But in thirty years time, the chemical industry as we now know it will no longer exist.’

From CO2 to plastics and laptops

CO2 conversion by means of electrocatalysis is where renewable energy meets renewable feedstocks meets CO2 emission reduction.

Creating a fossil-free chemical industry in a clean way? It can be done!

Next to transport and direct power generation, a large percentage of fossil fuels and fossil raw materials are used in the chemical industry – in the production of plastics and fertilizer, for example. The energy transition therefore is just as much a raw materials transition, one in which electrochemical processes play a crucial role.

The magic of catalysis for CO2 conversion

Catalysis is the driving force behind the production of fertiliser, which allowed the world population to triple over the past seven decades. And now, it will be just as essential in tackling the global challenge of CO2 emissions.

Using smart technology to make fuel out of CO2

Too much CO2 in the air is currently causing a major problem: climate change. If it were up to Peyman Taheri, researcher at Materials Science and Engineering at TU Delft, we would be making smart use of surplus CO2 by converting it into a new fuel. A fuel that could power factories and send cars hurtling down the motorway.

Purifying water with diamonds

Diamonds have always captured our imagination as a material for jewellery. Fewer of us are aware that engineers also consider diamonds to be an absolutely prime material with many, surprising applications. Researcher Ivan Buijnsters at TU Delft, for example, focuses on purifying water with diamonds.

TU Delft accelerating the electrification of the chemical industry

New Electrical Sustainable Powerlab smooths the way for energy transition

Using chemistry to close the CO2 cycle

In search of better Li-ion batteries and alternatives