Catalytic strategies for copolymerization of pure CO2 byproduct generated from biorenewable process

缓解人为二氧化碳影响的众多战略之一是碳捕获和转化，在 聚合物特有的。在聚合物中加入二氧化碳的一种策略是与 官能化物种，如环氧化物。用于聚合物的二氧化碳通常被产生和捕获 燃烧碳氢化合物后，通常作为能源开发的副产品。这是一个重要的里程碑 该领域将使用从可再生资源/废物来源产生的二氧化碳。这一努力的挑战来自于 从生物可再生/废物来源产生二氧化碳，这些来源足够纯净，可以用于催化过程 可行。 Nexterra Systems Corp.是一家总部位于温哥华的公司，一直在提供清洁能源 当地的可再生垃圾。他们开发了一种生物质气化系统，可以产生一股废气 二氧化碳与可忽略的微量污染物，并提供了一种利用废流作为来源的可能性 进一步反应所需的碳。我们将与Nexterra合作开发一种方法，将他们的 生物可再生废物二氧化碳流入新材料。这个项目有可能产生重大影响 在该行业的碳减排措施中，利用废物创造附加值产品。

One of the many strategies for mitigating the effects of anthropogenic CO2 is carbon capture and conversion, in particular to polymers. One strategy for incorporation of CO2 in polymers is copolymerization with functionalized species such as epoxides. The CO2 used for the polymers is usually generated and captured after burning hydrocarbons, usually as a byproduct of energy development. An important milestone in this field would be to use CO2 generated from renewable/waste sources. The challenge in this endeavor comes from generating CO2 from biorenewable/waste sources that is sufficiently pure to make a catalytic process viable. Nexterra Systems Corp. is a Vancouver based company that has been providing clean energy generated from local, renewable waste. They have developed a biomass gasification system that generates a waste gas stream of CO2 with negligible trace contaminants and provides a possibility of using the waste stream as a source of carbon for further reactivity. We will work with Nexterra to develop a methodology to incorporate their biorenewable waste CO2 stream into new materials. This project has the potential to have a significant impact in the carbon mitigation measures in this industry, creating value-added product from waste.