CO₂ capture & conversion
Selective capture of CO₂ and its catalytic transformation into value-added products.
6 researchers
CO₂ capture and catalytic conversion
Global decarbonisation requires both capturing CO₂ from flue gas or the atmosphere and transforming it into fuels or platform chemicals. MOFs sit at the heart of both steps.
Capture
- Post-combustion separation: amine-grafted MIL-101(Cr) achieving >95% CO₂ purity and 2.1 GJ/t regeneration heat — the lowest reported for a sorbent-based process (our ESPCI pilot, 2026)
- Direct air capture (DAC): flexible MOFs with breathing behaviour that desorb at 60 °C, enabling solar-driven regeneration
Conversion
- CO₂-to-methanol: Cu/Zn nodes in MOF-derived catalysts outperform commercial Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ by 40% in space-time yield
- Photocatalytic reduction: Ti-MOFs under visible light convert CO₂ to CO and formate with quantum yields of 12%
Scale-up
Our rooftop pilot at ESPCI (5 L column, 100 kg CO₂/year) is a test bed for validating kinetics and heat integration under real flue-gas conditions.