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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2012
Ah-hyung Alissa Park, New York, NY (US);
Camille Petit, New York, NY (US);
Youngjune Park, Daejeon, KR;
Kun-yi Andrew Lin, Notre Dame, IN (US);
Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, New York, NY (US);
Camille Petit, New York, NY (US);
Youngjune Park, Daejeon, KR;
Kun-Yi Andrew Lin, Notre Dame, IN (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for capturing carbon dioxide and producing fuels such as alcohol using a solvent including a nanoparticle organic hybrid material and a secondary fluid are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include the following: providing a solvent including a nanoparticle organic hybrid material and a secondary fluid, the material being configured to capture carbon dioxide; introducing a gas including carbon dioxide to the solvent until the material is loaded with carbon dioxide; introducing at least one of catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction and a proton source to the solvent; heating the solvent including the material loaded with carbon dioxide until carbon dioxide loaded on the material is electrochemically converted to a fuel.