The CO<sub>2</sub> Tree: The Potential for Carbon Dioxide Utilization Pathways
Among the most active areas of chemistry research today is that of carbon dioxide utilization: an area of research that was viewed as futile and commercially impractical not so long ago due to the energetic stability of the CO2 molecule. The breakthroughs that largely began in earnest in the 1990s have accelerated and now make up a diverse and plentiful portfolio of technological and scientific advances and commercialized technologies. Here, “The CO2 Tree” is presented as a tool to illustrate the breadth of potential products from CO2 utilization and to communicate the potential of these chemical breakthroughs to address the greatest challenge that society faces today: climate change. It is intended to be useful for scientists, engineers, legislators, advocates, industrial decision-makers, policy makers, and the general public to know what is already possible today and what may be in the near future.
Authors
- Paul T. Anastas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4777-5172)
- Mary Kate M. Lane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6208-3903)
- Andreas Backhaus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5314-3799)
- Hanno C. Erythropel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3443-9794)
- Predrag V. Petrović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0247-8342)
- Walter Leitner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6100-9656)
- Andrew T. Champlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2817-5991)
- Nicolas Kaeffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3166-8551)
- Julie B. Zimmerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5392-312X)
- Alexis Bordet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0133-3416)
- Heather O. LeClerc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5824-7845)
- Darren S. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8288-1838)
- Momoko Ishii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2839-5633)
- Maria Maigaard Paulsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-3239)
- Gabriel Gonsalves Bertho
- Gregor Kemper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0709-7365)
- Du Yan
- Lars Ratjen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7739-6371)
- Avery Long (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9018-8433)
- Cosima Deetman
- Dylan R. Judd
Institutions
- Yale University (US)
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (DE)
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
- Aalborg University (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
- Published
- 2024-12-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c07582
- Citations
- 53
- Primary Topic
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.45
Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft