Project IC-HU/01/2024-2025 title: CO2 capture and hydrogenation on nanostructured composite systems based on agricultural waste
Research partners:
Institute of BAS: Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria
Project coordinator: Prof. Margarita Popova
Partner institute: Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Materials and Environmental
Chemistry, HUN-REN, Budapest, Hungary
Project coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Agnes Szegedi
Budget: 6 000 лв.
Implementation Period: 1.01.2024 – 31.12.2025 г.
Summary
The aim of the project is to develop a two-step process for carbon dioxide capture and utilization to fuels based on a new adsorbent/catalyst systems.
The chemical design of adsorbents and catalysts aims to achieve the efficiency, selectivity, and low energy consumption of the processes to produce synthetic fuels and valuable chemicals utilizing carbon emissions. The current project proposal is inspired by the concept of the circular economy – it is planned to develop adsorbents/catalysts obtained from waste materials, or of commercial origin (alumina) to capture/utilize CO2 emissions. The specific objectives of the project are the following:
- Utilization of waste materials (agricultural waste) to obtain mesoporous silicas;
- Development of organic groups-modified and metal-modified mesoporous silicas with defined structure, composition, mechanical and chemical properties;
- СО2 capture on the developed selective silica adsorbents.
- Synthesis of alternative fuels by СО2 valorization on the novel silica and alumina based catalysts.
The planned research in the current project proposal is interdisciplinary in nature and requires knowledge and expertise in various scientific fields such as materials science, organic chemistry, modern methods of analysis and characterization. For this reason, the scientific team of the project includes highly qualified specialists in the pointed fields from Bulgaria and Hungary.