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Market Opportunity
With the rising demand for environmentally friendly and cost-effective energy solutions, iron-air batteries present an untapped opportunity in grid-scale energy storage. They offer moderate energy density (50-75 Wh/kg) and a life cycle of 2000 cycles at less than $100/kWh, and their construction from abundant, non-toxic materials...
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Market Opportunity
In the transition away from fossil fuels, significant potential lies in the efficient conversion of abundant natural gas into methanol and dimethyl ether (DME). These compounds not only serve as cleaner, versatile fuels but are also key in producing essential chemical products and single cell proteins. Enhanced production methods...
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Market Opportunity
Alternative versatile energy technologies have attracted much recent attention. In particular, proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been studied extensively. One of these, the direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), has great practical potential as a stationary and portable high energy density storage device. The proton exchange...
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Market Opportunity
Harnessing the power of geothermal energy presents a sustainable alternative to dwindling fossil fuels for electricity and heating. Utilizing geothermal wells not only facilitates access to natural hot water and steam, but also enables the capture and utilization of emitted carbon dioxide for producing valuable compounds like methanol,...
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Market Opportunity
Escalating carbon footprints demand innovative solutions beyond traditional carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), which is costly and temporary. Potential lies in developing sustainable technologies that not only effectively reduce carbon emissions but also offer economic benefits, addressing challenges like leakage and geological...
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Market Opportunity
The shale gas market faces environmental and safety challenges due to traditional hydrofracking methods. A pivot towards "dry fracking" using pressurized CO2 presents a sustainable alternative, reducing water usage and harmful emissions and offering a more effective extraction process. Combined with innovative conversion...
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Abstract
USC researchers have developed a liquid phase process that efficiently converts inorganic metal carbonates into valuable fuels and feedstocks like methanol and methane, using hydrogenation under mild conditions. This method, aided by heterogeneous catalysts, achieves high selectivity and yield. It also generates metal hydroxides, which can...
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Background
Methanol as a liquid hydrogen carrier, offers advantages in handling and energy density, but conventional acquiring methods require high operating temperatures and produces CO₂ and trace CO, that poisons PEM fuel cell catalysts. A low-temperature, CO₂-free hydrogen generation and compression method for integration with proton exchange membrane...
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