Methanol from CO2 by organo-cocatalysis: CO2 capture and hydrogenation in one process step.
Carbon dioxide chemically bound to alcohol-amines was hydrogenated to methanol under retrieval of these industrially used CO2 capturing reagents. The energetics of the process can be seen as a partial cancellation of the exothermic heat of reaction of the hydrogenation with the endothermic one of the CO2 release from the capturing reagent. The process provides a means to significantly improve the energy efficiency of CO2 to methanol conversions.
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg , Leipziger Straße 29, 09599 Freiberg, Germany.
Christian
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Reller
Matthias
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Pöge
Andreas
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Lißner
Florian O R L
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Mertens
D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000737:chemistry; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006865:Hydrogenation; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry*
D004983:Ethanolamines; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C007369:2-diethylaminoethanol; D000432:Methanol