Collaborative Research: AccelNet: Sustainable Capture and Conversion of CO2 to Chemicals and Fuels using Renewable Electrons (SCO2RE)

由地球大气中二氧化碳等温室气体的高度积累所驱动的气候变化威胁着全球社会的可持续性。碳捕获、利用和封存(CCUS)是可以在减少温室气体排放、改善能源安全和为清洁经济增长创造新机会方面带来重大好处的技术领域之一。AccelNet-使用可再生电子可持续捕获二氧化碳并将其转化为化学品和燃料(SCO2RE)将促进在二氧化碳捕获和转化方面的变革性国际研究合作和交流，有效地跨越自然科学、工程学和社会科学及经济学的界限。SCO2RE的活动还包括广泛的教育和培训，以培养一支拥有强大科学和工程技能并对碳捕获相关问题有全面了解的美国劳动力队伍。SCO2RE的参与成员包括美国、英国、中国、瑞士和韩国的研究网络中的研究人员。AccelNet-SCO2RE的目标是用一项以国际合作伙伴关系为基础的全面倡议来取代零散的个人努力，以应对目前阻碍有效实施二氧化碳捕获和转化技术以及创建可持续碳循环的科学、工程、经济和公共政策挑战。来自广泛学科和专业知识的研究网络之间的联系将促进二氧化碳捕获和利用可再生能源转化为化学品、燃料和材料的变革性解决方案的开发。对特定材料、反应和系统组件的研究将侧重于研究中的差距，例如用于联合捕获和转化二氧化碳的新材料、用于有效激活二氧化碳和产生氢气的催化剂。系统工程研究将研究平衡碳循环的途径，经济学和公共政策研究将确保科学和工程工作考虑到发展碳捕获和转化基础设施的这些重要方面。SOO2RE的活动将包括研讨会、网络研讨会和创意大赛，旨在促进跨学科的创造性思维。SCO2RE的专业发展和培训计划将包括一项全面的教育计划，旨在通过利用全球不同地区大学内部建立的合作伙伴关系，增加在该领域工作的学生的多样性。这一国际网络网络将通过学生交换以及联合咨询和指导来发展更有效的研究网络。与工业伙伴的现有合作也将扩展到其他网络，以加速部署已开发的技术，并为学生和职业早期研究人员提供更多的培训机会。通过国际网络对网络合作加速研究(AccelNet)计划旨在加快科学发现的进程，并为多团队国际合作培养下一代美国研究人员。AccelNet计划支持美国研究网络和海外互补网络之间的战略联系，这些网络将利用研究和教育资源来应对需要重大协调国际努力的重大科学挑战。该项目由环境可持续发展(ENG/CBET)计划和CBET分部共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Climate change driven by high accumulations of greenhouse gases such as CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere threatens the sustainability of global societies. Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is one of the technology areas that could provide significant benefits in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while improving energy security and creating new opportunities for clean economic growth. AccelNet-Sustainable Capture and Conversion of CO2 to Chemicals and Fuels using Renewable Electrons (SCO2RE) will facilitate transformative international research collaborations and exchange in CO2 capture and conversion that effectively cross the boundaries of the natural sciences, engineering, and the social and economic sciences. SCO2RE activities also include extensive educational and training to prepare a US workforce with strong scientific and engineering skills and a holistic understanding of carbon capture-related issues. Participating members of SCO2RE include researchers across research networks in the United States, United Kingdom, China, Switzerland, and South Korea. AccelNet-SCO2RE targets to replace piecemeal, individual efforts with a comprehensive international partnership-based initiative addressing the scientific, engineering, economic, and public policy challenges that currently inhibit the effective implementation of CO2 capture and conversion technologies and the creation of a sustainable carbon cycle. The links among research networks from a wide range of disciplines and expertise will advance the development of transformative solutions to CO2 capture and conversion to chemicals, fuels, and materials using renewable energy. Studies on specific materials, reactions, and system components will focus on gaps in research, such as novel materials for combined CO2 capture and conversion, catalysis for effective CO2 activation and H2 generation. Systems engineering studies will examine pathways to a balanced carbon cycle, and studies in economics and public policy will ensure that science and engineering efforts take into account these important aspects of developing the carbon capture and conversion infrastructure. SOO2RE's activities will include workshops, webinars, and Idea Tournaments designed to promote cross-disciplinary creative thinking. SCO2RE's professional development and training program will include a comprehensive educational plan targeted to increase the diversity of students working in this area by leveraging established partnerships within universities in different global regions. This international network-of-networks will develop more effective research networks via student exchanges and joint-advising and mentoring. Existing collaboration with industrial partners will also be extended to other networks to accelerate the deployment of the developed technologies and to provide additional training opportunities to students and early-career researchers. The Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program is designed to accelerate the process of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers for multiteam international collaborations. The AccelNet program supports strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle grand scientific challenges that require significant coordinated international efforts. This project is co-funded by the Environmental Sustainability (ENG/CBET) program as well as the CBET Division.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.