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

减轻人为CO2影响的许多战略之一是碳捕获和转化， 特别是聚合物。在聚合物中引入CO2的一种策略是共聚， 官能化物质如环氧化物。用于聚合物的CO2通常产生并捕获 燃烧碳氢化合物后，通常作为能源开发的副产品。这一重要里程碑 该领域将使用可再生/废物来源产生的二氧化碳。这项奋进的挑战来自于 从生物可再生/废物来源产生CO2，其纯度足以进行催化过程 可行的 Nexterra Systems Corp.是一家总部位于温哥华的公司， 本地的可再生垃圾他们开发了一种生物质气化系统， 的二氧化碳与可忽略的微量污染物，并提供了使用废物流作为一个来源的可能性， 碳用于进一步反应。我们将与Nexterra合作开发一种方法， 生物可再生的二氧化碳废物流转化为新材料。这个项目有可能产生重大影响 在这个行业的碳减排措施，从废物中创造增值产品。

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.