The CO2 Tree: The Potential for Carbon Dioxide Utilization Pathways

Heather Orise LeClerc; Hanno C. Erythropel; Andreas Backhaus; Darren S. Lee; Dylan R. Judd; Maria Paulsen; Momoko  Ishii; Avery Long; Lars Ratjen; Gabriel Gonsalves Bertho; Cosima Deetman; Mary Kate M. Lane; Predrag V. Petrovic; Andrew T. Champlin; Alexis Bordet; Nicolas Kaeffer; Gregor Kemper; Julie B.  Zimmerman; Walter Leitner; Paul T. Anastas

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The CO2 Tree: The Potential for Carbon Dioxide Utilization Pathways

Heather Orise LeClerc, Hanno C. Erythropel, Andreas Backhaus, Darren S. Lee, Dylan R. Judd, Maria Paulsen, Momoko Ishii, Avery Long, Lars Ratjen, Gabriel Gonsalves Bertho, Cosima Deetman, Mary Kate M. Lane, Predrag V. Petrovic, Andrew T. Champlin, Alexis Bordet, Nicolas Kaeffer, Gregor Kemper, Julie B. Zimmerman, Walter Leitner^*, Paul T. Anastas^*

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Among the most active areas of chemistry research today is that of carbon dioxide utilization: an area of research that was viewed as futile and commercially impractical not so long ago due to the energetic stability of the CO2 molecule. The breakthroughs that largely began in earnest in the 1990s have accelerated and now make up a diverse and plentiful portfolio of technological and scientific advances and commercialized technologies. Here, “The CO2 Tree” is presented as a tool to illustrate the breadth of potential products from CO2 utilization and to communicate the potential of these chemical breakthroughs to address the greatest challenge that society faces today: climate change. It is intended to be useful for scientists, engineers, legislators, advocates, industrial decision-makers, policy makers, and the general public to know what is already possible today and what may be in the near future.

Original language	English
Journal	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Volume	13
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	5-29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c07582
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

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CO transformation
climate change
green chemistry
green innovation

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LeClerc, H. O., Erythropel, H. C., Backhaus, A., Lee, D. S., Judd, D. R., Paulsen, M., Ishii, M., Long, A., Ratjen, L., Bertho, G. G., Deetman, C., Lane, M. K. M., Petrovic, P. V., Champlin, A. T., Bordet, A., Kaeffer, N., Kemper, G., Zimmerman, J. B., Leitner, W., & Anastas, P. T. (2024). The CO2 Tree: The Potential for Carbon Dioxide Utilization Pathways. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 13(1), 5-29. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c07582

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