Building a CO2 foundry for sustainable carbon capture and utilisation

该项目旨在开发创新的碳捕获和利用技术，将合成生物学与无机化学相结合。该项目预计将开发纳米结构的电催化剂，以有效地将工业排放的二氧化碳转化为醋酸盐，并通过基因工程微生物将醋酸盐快速转化为平台化学品和生物聚合物。预期的结果包括具有前所未有的二氧化碳转化效率的集成电/生物催化原型，以及在合成生物学和纳米技术方面建立多学科研究能力。通过减少温室气体和为负碳化学工业提供基础，这将带来显著的好处。

This project aims to develop innovative carbon capture and utilisation technology that fuses synthetic biology with inorganic chemistry. The project expects to develop nano-structured electrocatalysts to efficiently convert CO2 from industrial emission into acetate, and genetically-engineered microbes to rapidly transform acetate into platform chemicals and biopolymers. Expected outcomes include an integrated electro-/biocatalytic prototype with unprecedented CO2 conversion efficiency, as well as building a multidisciplinary research capacity in synthetic biology and nanotechnology. This should provide significant benefits, by reducing greenhouse gases and providing the basis for a carbon-negative chemical industry.