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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mikkelsen, M
• Joergensen, M
• Krebs, F C

Titel

The teraton challenge. A review of fixation and transformation of carbon dioxide

Ist Teil von

• Energy & environmental science, 2010-01, Vol.3 (1), p.43-81

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide is linked to climate changes; hence there is an urgent need to reduce the accumulation of CO sub(2) in the atmosphere. The utilization of CO sub(2) as a raw material in the synthesis of chemicals and liquid energy carriers offers a way to mitigate the increasing CO sub(2) buildup. This review covers six important CO sub(2) transformations namely: chemical transformations, photochemical reductions, chemical and electrochemical reductions, biological conversions, reforming and inorganic transformations. Furthermore, the vast research area of carbon capture and storage is reviewed briefly. This review is intended as an introduction to CO sub(2), its synthetic reactions and their possible role in future CO sub(2) mitigation schemes that has to match the scale of man-made CO sub(2) in the atmosphere, which rapidly approaches 1 teraton.