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Solid Oxide Electrolysis: right on track towards industrial application
29-11-2021 | P2Hydrogen
The global sustainability transition has sparked renewed interest in high temperature electrolysis by means of solid oxide cells. A major advantage of these ceramics-like devices is their potential for integration in an industrial process environment at high temperatures. This opens avenues towards efficient production of a range of green chemicals and fuels. Frans van Berkel and Claire Ferchaud a
Shortage of materials threatens planned green hydrogen production
15-06-2021 | P2Hydrogen
The Netherlands is fully committed to developing the hydrogen economy: replacing fossil fuels with (green) hydrogen from sustainable sources such as sun and wind. However, an important aspect remains underexposed in the plans: there is a threat of a major shortage of the raw materials needed for the electrolyzers that produce the hydrogen.
Integrated capture and conversion of CO2 towards formate and CO
12-06-2021 | P2Chemicals
In a paper in Industrial Engineering Chemical Research (IECR), VoltaChem/TNO researchers led by Prof. Earl Goetheer present a novel methodology for integrated capture and conversion of CO2. They efficiently convert CO2 into formate and CO in an electrochemical flow reactor, using a mixture of chemical and physical absorption solvents both for CO2 capture and as electrolyte for electrochemical conv
VoltaChem researchers write chapter for novel reference work on biomass valorization
26-05-2021 | P2Chemicals
VoltaChem researchers have contributed to the novel handbook 'Biomass Valorization: Sustainable Methods for the Production of Chemicals published' by WILEY-VCH GmbH. Roman Latsuzbaia and Earl Goetheer wrote a chapter on conversion of biomass derived chemicals via electrochemical means together with TNO colleagues Marc Crockatt and Jan Kees van der Waal, as well as Roel Bisselink from Wageningen Un
Ammonia case study shows need for coordinated cross-industry and cross-border effort to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality
30-04-2021 | P2Integrate
A study recently published in the journal 'Chemie, Ingenieur, Technik' underpins the necessity of a collaborative systems approach for establishing the opportunities and challenges of achieving greenhouse gas neutrality in the Northwestern Europe industrial region. VoltaChem Power-2-Integrate team members Rajat Bhardwaj and Monique Rijkers contributed to the study that focused on the infrastructur
An industrial perspective for the sustainable electrochemical production of tartaric acid: From CO2 to a C4 molecule
21-09-2020 | P2Chemicals
In a recently published paper in the ACS journal Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Amanda Garcia, Carlos Sánchez-Martínez, Ivan Bakker and Earl Goetheer present a feasible green and sustainable electrochemical production route for tartaric acid. The VoltaChem researchers synthesized this industrially relevant chemical through electrochemical reduction of oxalic and glyoxylic acids. In a techn
