Catalytic Conversion of CO2 to Oxygenated Polymer Materials

该项目旨在通过开发用于二氧化碳/乙烯醚共聚的新型高效催化剂，解决开发可持续材料的紧迫科学挑战。这项研究将为潜在的变革性聚合路线提供基础科学见解，以提供新的二氧化碳衍生聚酯。聚酯是最大的聚合物市场之一：全球每年生产超过4000万吨。与目前用于二氧化碳共聚的环氧化物相比，廉价的乙烯醚的毒性要低得多，其中一些环氧化物具有致癌性和诱变性，在一些国家被禁止使用。

This project aims to address the urgent scientific challenge of developing sustainable materials, through the developmentof new and highly efficient catalysts for CO2/vinyl ether copolymerisation. This research will provide fundamental scientificinsight into a potentially transformative polymerisation route, to afford new CO2-derived polyesters. Polyesters are one ofthe largest polymer markets: over 40 million tonnes are produced worldwide annually. Inexpensive vinyl ethers have amuch lower toxicity profile than epoxides currently used in CO2 copolymerisations some of which are carcinogenic andmutagenic, and banned in several countries.