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Electrochemical CO2 Utilisation
CO2 Capture & Utilisation
CO2 Capture & Utilisation
CO2 Capture & Utilisation
CO2 Capture & Utilisation
Power production from combustion of fossil fuels releases CO2, which is mainly responsible for global warming and cause severe problems to both ecology and human beings. The rise in atmospheric CO2 levels must be slowed or reverted to avoid undesirable climate change. Materials capable of cost-effective CO2 conversion into chemicals and fuels would help in stabilizing the atmospheric levels of greenhouse gas. The potential products can be obtained with CO2 conversion are formic acid, methanol, CO and ethylene. At present there is no commercially viable process for the conversion of CO2 to useful chemicals and the current state-of-the-art materials are expensive, which limit commercial implementation. For example, although several materials are known for the electrochemical conversion of CO2, until now only precious metals such as Au and Ag could promote this process with Faradaic efficiency more than 80%. Because of the durability and poisoning effect many efficient catalysts are far beyond commercialization. We strategically focus on the synthesis of nanomaterials in various forms (metals, bimetals, alloys, intermetallic, core shell etc.) and study their efficiency in the photochemical, electrochemical and heterogeneous conversion of CO2 into fuel and chemicals. The reaction mechanism and kinteics are completely understood by a detailed electronic structure calculations. Our materials and methods are expected to have the potential to convert waste CO2 to produce gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and industrial chemicals.
Power production from combustion of fossil fuels releases CO2, which is mainly responsible for global warming and cause severe problems to both ecology and human beings. The rise in atmospheric CO2 levels must be slowed or reverted to avoid undesirable climate change. Materials capable of cost-effective CO2 conversion into chemicals and fuels would help in stabilizing the atmospheric levels of greenhouse gas. The potential products can be obtained with CO2 conversion are formic acid, methanol, CO and ethylene. At present there is no commercially viable process for the conversion of CO2 to useful chemicals and the current state-of-the-art materials are expensive, which limit commercial implementation. For example, although several materials are known for the electrochemical conversion of CO2, until now only precious metals such as Au and Ag could promote this process with Faradaic efficiency more than 80%. Because of the durability and poisoning effect many efficient catalysts are far beyond commercialization. We strategically focus on the synthesis of nanomaterials in various forms (metals, bimetals, alloys, intermetallic, core shell etc.) and study their efficiency in the photochemical, electrochemical and heterogeneous conversion of CO2 into fuel and chemicals. The reaction mechanism and kinteics are completely understood by a detailed electronic structure calculations. Our materials and methods are expected to have the potential to convert waste CO2 to produce gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and industrial chemicals.
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Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis Lab
Prof. Sebastian C. Peter
Publication List (2017)
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Synthesis, crystal structure and luminescence properties of acenaphthene benzohydrazide based ligand and its zinc(II) complex. Kumar, M.; Roy, S.; Peter, S. C.; Faizi, M. S. H.; John, R. P. J. Mol. Struct., 2017, 1128, 195.
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Synthetically tuned atomic ordering in PdCu nanoparticles with enhanced catalytic activity towards solvent free benzylamine oxidation. Marakatti, V.; Sarma, S. C.; Joseph, B.; Banerjee, D.; Peter, S.C. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2017, 9, 3602.
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Synthetically tuned structural variations in CePdxGe2-x (x = 0.21, 0.32, 0.69) towards diverse physical properties. Sarkar, S.; Banerjee, S.; Halappa, P.; Kalsi, D.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Ghara, S.; Pati, S. K.; Sundaresan, A.; Silva, I. D.; Rayaprol, S.; Joseph B.; Peter, S. C. Inorg. Chem. Frontiers, 2017, 4, 241.
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Chemically designed CeO2 nanoboxes boost the catalytic activity of Pt nanoparticles toward electro-oxidation of formic acid. Ramani, S.; Sarkar, S.; Vemuri, V.; Peter, S. C. J. Mater. Chem. A., 2017, 5, 11572.
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Synthesis, characterisation and antibacterial activity evaluation of trinuclear Ni(II) complexes with N-substituted salicylhydrazide ligands. Singh, M. K.; Kumar, S.; Kumar, M.; Hansda, A.; Kumar, V.; Roy, S.; Peter, S. C.; John, R. P. Polyhedron 2017, 126, 100.
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Are we underrating rare-earth as an electrocatalyst?- The effect of their substitution in palladium nanoparticles enhances the activity towards ethanol oxidation reaction. Sarma, S. C.; Subbarao, U.; Khulbe, Y.; Jana, R.; Peter, S. C. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 23369.
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Ce2PtGe3: A new ordered orthorhombic superstructure in the AlB2 family with spin glass behavior. Sarkar, S.; Roy, S.; Kalsi, D.; Peter, S. C. Inorg. Chem. Frontiers, 2017, 4, 2097.
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Evolution of Magnetism in LnCuGa3 (Ln = La – Nd, Sm – Gd) Studied via μSR and Specific Heat. Graf, M. J.; Hettinger, J. D.; Nemeth, K.; Dally, R.; Amato, A.; Baines, C.; Subbarao, U.; Peter, S. C. J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 2017, 444, 236.
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Evolution of dealloyed PdBi2 nanoparticles as electrocatalysts with enhanced activity and remarkable durability in hydrogen evolution reaction. Sarkar, S.; Subbarao, U.; Peter, S. C. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 15950.
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Electrochemical Stimuli Driven Facile Metal Free Hydrogen Evolution from Pyrene-Porphyrin Based Crystalline Covalent Organic Framework. Bhunia, S.; Das, S.; Jana, R.; Peter, S. C.; Bhattacharya, S.; Addicoat, M.; Bhaumik, M.; Pradhan, A. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 23843,
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Mercouri G. Kanatzidis: Excellence and innovations in inorganic and solid state chemistry. Arachchige, I.; Armatas, G.; Biswas, K.; Subrahmanyam, K.; Latturner, S,; Malliakas, C.; Manos, M.; Oh, Y.; Poudeu, P.; Trikalitis, P.; Zhang, Q.; Zhao, L.; Polychronopoulou, K.; Peter, S. C. Inorg. Chem, 2017, 56, 7582.
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Facile aqueous phase synthesis of PtAu/Bi2O3 hybrid catalyst for efficient electro-oxidation of ethanol. Sarkar, S.; Jana, R.; Vadlamani, H.; Ramani, S.; Mubbaraddi, D.; Peter, S. C. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 15373.
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Nature of low dimensional structural modulations and relative phase stability in RexMo(W)1-xS2 transition metal dichalcogenide alloys. Sahu, R.; Bhat, U.; Batra, N. M.; Sharona, H.; Vishal, B.; Sarkar, S.; Aravindh, S. A.; Peter, S. C.; Roqan, I. S.; Costa, P. M. F. J.; Datta, R. J. Appl. Phys, 2017, 121, 105101.