Carbon Dioxide to Chemicals and Fuels

Carbon Dioxide to Chemicals and Fuels provides a snapshot of the present status of this rapidly growing field, examining ongoing breakthroughs in research and development, motivations, innovations and their respective impacts and perspectives. It also covers in detail the existing technical barriers to achieving key goals in this area. This book details the various methods, both currently available and potential, for conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals. With explanation of concepts and their applications, Carbon Dioxide to Chemicals and Fuels offers an interdisciplinary approach that draws on and clarifies the most recent research trends.

• Explains the fundamental aspects of CO2 utilization
• Provides recent developments in CO2 utilization for the production of chemicals
• Answers the questions surrounding why some processes have not commercialized
• Discusses and analyses in detail many available catalytic conversion methods

M. Aulice Scibioh, is a faculty member in the department of chemistry at Madras Christian College, India. She is an experienced scientist and an academician with wide national and international exposures and specialization in various fields of physical chemistry - energy, materials, electro-catalysis, clean technologies and surface chemistry. She is a recipient of a number of national and international fellowships and awards. She has been intensively investigating in the area of carbon dioxide conversion. She has several publications to her credit including several chapters in refereed books and authored two books - Fuel cells - Principles and Applications, Photo-electrochemistry - Principles and Practices.