Towards electrochemical conversion of CO2 to green solvents

减轻人为二氧化碳影响的众多战略之一是碳捕获和转化，特别是向高价值化学品的转化。纳入二氧化碳的一种策略是与环氧化物等官能化物种发生反应。另一种是电化学转化。这一领域的一个重要里程碑将是将电化学二氧化碳转化与催化相结合形成新的绿色溶剂。我们可以使用生物衍生的环氧化物来使这一过程真正可持续。Kemetco Research是一家总部位于不列颠哥伦比亚省的私营部门综合科学、技术和创新公司。他们的核心兴趣是专业分析化学、化学工艺和提取冶金，重点是绿色技术。他们专注于对既高效又环保的工艺技术的需求，他们正在进行的项目之一是电化学减少二氧化碳。我们将与Kemetco合作，开发一种从二氧化碳中生成绿色环状碳酸酯溶剂的方法。该项目有可能对该行业的碳减排措施产生重大影响，从废物中创造附加值的产品。

One of the many strategies for mitigating the effects of anthropogenic CO2 is carbon capture and conversion, inparticular to high value chemicals. One strategy for incorporation of CO2 is reactivity with functionalizedspecies such as epoxides. Another is electrochemical conversion. An important milestone in this field wouldbe to use electrochemical CO2 conversion in conjunction with catalysis to form new green solvents. We canuse bio-derived epoxides to render this a truly sustainable process.Kemetco Research is a B.C.-based private sector integrated science, technology and innovation company.Their core interests are on specialty analytical chemistry, chemical processes, and extractive metallurgy with afocus on green technologies. They focus on the demand for process technologies that are both efficient andenvironmentally acceptable and one of their ongoing projects is electrochemical reduction of CO2. We willwork with Kemetco to develop a methodology to generate green cyclic carbonate solvents from CO2. Thisproject has the potential to have a significant impact in the carbon mitigation measures in this industry, creatingvalue-added product from waste.