Alternative materials design approaches to enable CCUS
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Alternative materials design approaches to enable CCUS
Wed, 25/09/2019 - 13:30 to 14:30
Location:
Speaker:
Dr Enrico Andreoli
Affiliation:
Swansea University
Synopsis:
Carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) is a complex multidisciplinary effort involving multiple stakeholders including scientists and engineers. At the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) of Swansea University, we have a major interest in developing materials to enable CCUS. We also have an interest in establishing collaborations with experts in CCUS processes and engineering. This talk aims to showcase some of our key recent materials made following alternative design approaches. Examples are (i) additive-enhanced cross-linked polyamines and (ii) amino post-synthetic exchanged metal-organic frameworks for CO2 capture, and (iii) additive-modified porous metal electrocatalysts for CO2 utilisation. ESRI is also developing innovative technology for permanent CO2 storage in shale basins.
Biography:
Dr Andreoli is an Associate Professor at the Energy Safety Research Institute of Swansea University where he leads research in the field of carbon capture and utilisation focusing primarily but not only on materials development. Currently, CO2 sorbents of interest are amorphous polymer-based materials and crystalline metal-organic frameworks. Metal catalysts modified with additives are instead developed for the electrochemical conversion of CO2 including electrolysers design. He is author of 35 publications with >400 citations and h-index 13, an active reviewer for 47 international peer-reviewed journals, and a member of the editorial board of C – Journal of Carbon Research (MPDI) and associate editor of Nanoenergy Technologies and Materials (Frontiers).