Designing the materials for production of tailored and sustainable aviation fuels from waste CO2 and water

从可再生资源中开发可持续航空燃料（SAF）对于帮助英国向低碳未来过渡至关重要。该项目旨在通过设计新型材料（光电催化剂），利用来自工业二氧化碳的可再生能源，生产可持续的定制喷气燃料。对于航空工业来说，至关重要的是，喷气燃料应该由单一的和定制的碳氢化合物组成，而不是混合或混合燃料，以最大限度地提高燃料效率，这对科学界来说是一个巨大的挑战。在这个项目中，将进行两步过程来获得“量身定制”的喷气燃料分子。在第一步中，二氧化碳将使用二元铜合金（CuIn, CuSn）转化为C1，C2分子，然后将设计新的催化剂材料（多金属）将C1，C2化合物“缝合”在一起以获得定制的SAF。为此，将实施综合材料设计（自下而上方法开发新型铜基光电极）和反应器设计工程（自上而下方法定制影响反应条件的热量和质量传输参数）方法，以实现定制和可持续的航空燃料生产。在此项目中将获得以下关键技能：材料合成（铜基二元和三元化合物）：电化学、软化学路线2。材料表征：电子显微镜，原子力显微镜，电化学技术分析方法：气相色谱（TCD， FID， BID）， hplc。这个多学科项目联合了领先的大学（诺森比亚大学、纽卡斯尔大学）和工业界（空中客车公司），对SAF进行变革性研究，这将对社会和经济产生重大影响，特别是在能源部门和相关材料和加工工业方面。

Development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) from renewable resources is critical to help UK totransition to a low carbon future. This project aims to produce sustainable and tailored jet fuels bydesigning novel materials (photo-electrocatalysts) using renewable energy from industriallysourced CO2. For the aviation industry, it is vital that the jet fuel should comprise of single andtailored hydrocarbon instead of a mixture or blend of fuels to maximize the fuel efficiency whichis a grand challenge for scientific community. In this project, twostep process will be carried outto obtain "tailored" jet fuel molecules. In the first step, CO2 will be converted to C1, C2 moleculesusing binary copper alloys (CuIn, CuSn) and then novel catalyst materials will be designed (multimetallic)to "stitch" C1,C2 compounds together to obtain tailored SAF. For this purpose, anintegrated materials design (bottom-up method to develop novel Copper based photo-electrodes)and engineering for reactor design (top-down method to tailor heat and mass transportparameters influencing reaction conditions) approach will be implemented towards tailored andsustainable jet fuel production.Following key skills will be gained during this project;1. Materials Synthesis (Copper based binary and ternary compounds): Electrochemical, Softchemistryroutes2. Materials characterisation: Electron Microscopy, AFM, Electrochemical techniques3. Analytical: GC (TCD, FID, BID), HPLC4. Reactor design: 3D printing, COMSOL simulationsThis multidisciplinary project unites leading Universities (Northumbria, Newcastle) and industry(Airbus) to conduct transformative research on SAF which will have a strong impact on societyand economy, particularly in the energy sector and associated materials and process industries.