Abstract
Research on direct air capture (DAC) of CO2 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) over the past five years is highlighted, starting with the initial discovery, continuing with fundamental and applied research, and concluding with commercialization by teaming up with industry.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2848-2852 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Chem |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 11 2021 |
Funding
The initial DAC discovery and the following basic research were supported by the US Department of Energy , Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. The applied research toward DAC technology development and commercialization has been funded by the US Department of Energy , Office of Technology Transitions, through a Technology Commercialization Fund ( TCF-20-20118 ) supported by the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. The initial DAC discovery and the following basic research were supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. The applied research toward DAC technology development and commercialization has been funded by the US Department of Energy, Office of Technology Transitions, through a Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF-20-20118) supported by the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. The author is an inventor on a couple of patents on CO2 capture by crystallization of BIGs (US patent no. 10,633,332; US patent no. 10,583,387) and seeks to license and commercialize a DAC technology based on them.
