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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 (2021)
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Mechanistic Insights into the Promotional Effect of Ni Substitution in Non-Noble Metal Carbides for Highly Enhanced Water Splitting. Roy, S.; Bagchi, D.; Dheer, L.; Sarma, S. C.; Rajaji, V.; Narayana, C.; Waghmare, U. V.; Peter, S. C. Appl. Catal. B, 2021, 298, 120560
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Noble-Metal-Free Heterojunction Photocatalyst for Selective CO2 Reduction to Methane upon Induced Strain Relaxation. Das, R.; Sarkar, S.; Kumar, R.; Ramarao, S. D.; Cherevotan, A.; Jasil, M.; Vinod, C. P.; Singh, A. K.; Peter, S. C. ACS Catal., 2021, 12, 687-697.
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Systematic Assessment of Solvent Selection in Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction. Das, R.; Chakraborty, S.; Peter, S. C. ACS Energy Lett., 2021, 6, 3270-3274.
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An Overview of Porous Silica Immobilized Amines for Direct Air CO2 Capture. Cherevotan, A.; Raj, J.; Peter, S. C. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 27271-27303.
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An Overview of the Materials and Methodologies for CO2 Capture Under Humid Conditions. Ray, B.; Churipard, S. R.; Peter, S. C. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 26498-26527.
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Operando Generated Ordered Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Selective Conversion of CO2 to Methanol. Cherevotan, A.; Raj, J.; Dheer, L.; Roy, S.; Sarkar, S.; Das, R.; Vinod, C. P.; Xu, S.; Wells, P.; Waghmare, U. V.; Peter, S. C. ACS Energy Lett., 2021, 6, 509-516.
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Unveiling the Roles of Lattice Strain and Descriptor Species on Pt-Like Oxygen Reduction Activity in Pd-Bi Catalysts. Sarkar, S.; Ramarao, S. D.; Das, T.; Das, R.; Vinod, C. P.; Chakraborty, S.; Peter. S. C. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 800-808
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Ultralow Non-Noble Metal loaded MOF Derived Bi-Functional Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Reactions. Bagchi, D.; Phukan, N.; Sarkar, S.; Das, R.; Pavithra, B.; Naryanan, R.; Peter, S. C. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 9319-9326
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Conductive interface promoted bifunctional oxygen reduction/evolution activity in an ultra-low precious metal-based hybrid catalyst. Sarkar, S.; Verghese, M.; Vinod, C. P.; Peter, S. C. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 1951-1954
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An overview on Sb-based intermetallics and alloys for sodium-ion batteries: trends, challenges and future prospects from material synthesis to battery performance. Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 5164-5196
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An overview on Pt3X electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. Chem. Asian J. 2021, 16, 1184-1197
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Dealloyi/ng Induced Manipulative Disruption of Ni2P–SnP Heterostructure Enabling Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 13225–13233.
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Structure-Tailored Non-Noble Metal-based Ternary Chalcogenide Nanocrystals for Pt-like Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Sarkar, S.; Rawat, A.; Das, T.; Gaboardi, M.; Chakraborty, S.; Vinod, C. P.; Peter, S. C. ChemSusChem 2021, 14, 3074-3083
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Compressive Strain Induced by Multiple Phase Distribution and Atomic Ordering in PdCu Nanoparticles to Enhanced Ethanol Oxidation Reaction Performance. Ashly, P. C.; Sarkar, S.; Sarma, S. C.; Kaur, K.; Gautam, U.; Peter, S. C. J. Power Sources 2021, Just Accepted.
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Ambient, Tunable Room Temperature Phosphorescence from a Simple Phthalimide Phosphor in Amorphous Polymeric Matrix and in Crystalline State. Garain, S.; Singh, A. K.; Peter, S. C.; George, S. J. Mater. Res. Bull. 2021, 142, 111420.