Alcohol production from carbon dioxide: methanol as a fuel and chemical feedstock

S Sarp, SG Hernandez, C Chen, SW Sheehan - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Production of renewable alcohols from air, water, and sunlight present an avenue to utilize
captured carbon dioxide for the production of basic chemicals and store renewable energy …

Single-Step Production of Alcohols and Paraffins from CO2 and H2 at Metric Ton Scale

C Chen, M Garedew, SW Sheehan - 2022 - ACS Publications
Decarbonization of the energy industry is one of the greatest challenges of the modern era
and must be achieved to address climate change. 1 Accomplishing this task will require …

The CO2 Tree: The Potential for Carbon Dioxide Utilization Pathways

HO LeClerc, HC Erythropel, A Backhaus… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
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 …

Method and apparatus for selective alcohol upgrading

SW Sheehan, C Chen, NJ Steinke - US Patent 11,981,623, 2024 - Google Patents
Methods for utilizing carbon dioxide to produce multi-carbon products are disclosed. The
systems and methods of the present disclosure involve: reducing CO 2 to produce a first …

Methods and catalysts for carbon dioxide conversion to long-chain hydrocarbons

SW Sheehan, C Chen, M Garedew-Ballard… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
The present disclosure provides catalysts, reactor systems, and methods for the conversion
of carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas into paraffins, olefins, and other hydrocarbon products …

Plasma assisted distributed chemical production

M Sunkara, S Vasireddy, V Kumar, J He… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
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Active and stable copper-based catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol

ALI Sardar, D Kumar, ELN Muftah - US Patent 11,878,287, 2024 - Google Patents
This invention relates to development of novel Cu-based nanocatalysts synthesized via one-
pot solution combustion synthesis for CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol. The novel Cu-based …

Synthetic fuels, and methods and apparatus for production thereof

L Zhou, C Chen, Q Wu, SW Sheehan… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
US12018221B2 - Synthetic fuels, and methods and apparatus for production thereof -
Google Patents US12018221B2 - Synthetic fuels, and methods and apparatus for …

Noble metal promoted supported indium oxide catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol and process using said catalyst

J Stewart, D Curulla-Ferre, J Perez-Ramirez… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Supported catalyst for use in a process for the synthesis of methanol, characterized in that
the supported catalyst comprises indium oxide in the form of In 2 O 3 and at least one noble …

Methanol production process

A Urakawa, A Bansode, RV Gaikwad - US Patent 11,603,342, 2023 - Google Patents
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