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Table 1 List of industries using CO 2 as feedstock to synthesize fine chemicals
Ent. Company
CO 2 source
Method Product
Trade name
1
Novomer
Waste CO 2
TC
Acrylic acid/
butanediol
Converge
® polyols
2
Liquid Light
–
EC
Ethylene glycol –
3
Newlight
Emission from
industry
BC
Plastic
Polyhydroxyalkanoates
4
Skyonic
Industry
a
BC
Hydrochloric
acid
–
5
Dioxide Materials –
EC
Gasoline/diesel/
chemicals
–
6
LanzaTech
Exhaust gas
from industry
BC
Liquid fuels/
plastics
–
7
Bayer Material
Science
CO 2 from
lignite power
plant
Zinc
Cat.
Polyurethane
plastic
Polyether polycarbonate
polyols
8
Brain
–
M
Fine and
specialized
chemicals
–
9
Joule
Ambient air
BC
Diesel/jet fuel
Sunflow-D (diesel)
Sunflow-E (EtOH)
10 Geely Group/CRI Fossil fuel
source
TC
Methanol
Vulcanol (TM)
11 Audi/Global
Bioenergies
From
combustion
champers
BC
Bio-isooctane
e-Gasoline
12 Audi/Joule
Waste CO 2
emissions
BC
Ethanol/diesel
Liquid fuel
13 Audi/Sunfire
–
TC
Diesel
–
14 Krajete GmbH
Industrial
source
M
Methane
Sabatier process
15 Panasonic
–
PC
Formic acid
–
16 Green Earth
–
SD
Syngas
–
17 Solar Fuel
–
TC
Syngas
–
18 Sunfire GmbH
Steam + CO 2
TC
Diesel/kerosene Blue crude
19 Proterro
–
BC
Sugars
–
20 Elcriton
–
MC
Biofuel
–
21 Renewable
Energy Institute
International
–
TC
Liquid fuels
–
a
Removes CO 2 selectively from acid gas
TC thermochemical, BC biochemical, EC electrochemical, MC microbial catalyst, SD solar dissociation, M microorganism, PC photochemical method
Efficient Homogeneous Catalysts for Conversion of CO 2 to Fine Chemicals