The integration of bio-catalysis and electrocatalysis to produce fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide

X Tan, J Nielsen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The dependence on fossil fuels has caused excessive emissions of greenhouse gases
(GHGs), leading to climate changes and global warming. Even though the expansion of …

[HTML][HTML] Natural carbon fixation and advances in synthetic engineering for redesigning and creating new fixation pathways

SS Correa, J Schultz, KJ Lauersen… - Journal of Advanced …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Autotrophic carbon fixation is the primary route through which organic carbon
enters the biosphere, and it is a key step in the biogeochemical carbon cycle. The Calvin …

Climate change challenges, plant science solutions

NA Eckardt, EA Ainsworth, RN Bahuguna… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and this decade is a critical time
for action to mitigate the worst effects on human populations and ecosystems. Plant science …

Construction and modular implementation of the THETA cycle for synthetic CO2 fixation

S Luo, C Diehl, H He, YJ Bae, M Klose, P Claus… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Synthetic biology offers the opportunity to build solutions for improved capture and
conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) that outcompete those evolved by nature. Here we …

Ambient temperature CO2 fixation to pyruvate and subsequently to citramalate over iron and nickel nanoparticles

T Beyazay, KS Belthle, C Farès, M Preiner… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The chemical reactions that formed the building blocks of life at origins required catalysts,
whereby the nature of those catalysts influenced the type of products that accumulated …

De novo artificial synthesis of hexoses from carbon dioxide

J Yang, W Song, T Cai, Y Wang, X Zhang, W Wang… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Developing artificial “CO 2-sugar” platforms is meaningful for addressing
challenges posed by land scarcity and climate change to the supply of dietary sugar …

Recent progress in photocatalytic chemical fixation of carbon dioxide

M He, Z Fang, P Wang, Y You, Z Li - ACS Sustainable Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the increase of CO2 emissions, a series of environmental and ecological problems
have been brought about, and there has been a growing focus on the rational development …

Turn air-captured CO2 with methanol into amino acid and pyruvate in an ATP/NAD(P)H-free chemoenzymatic system

J Liu, H Zhang, Y Xu, H Meng, AP Zeng - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The use of gaseous and air-captured CO2 for technical biosynthesis is highly desired, but
elusive so far due to several obstacles including high energy (ATP, NADPH) demand, low …

Controllable adsorption groups on amine-functionalized carbon nitride for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction

S Cao, H Liu, Z Jia, M Guo, W Gao, Z Ding… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 photoreduction by carbon nitride (CN) is an appealing idea, but its current efficiency
remains daunting for practical viability. The amine-functionalized CN with controllable …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities of CO2-based biorefineries for production of fuels and chemicals

Z Liu, S Shi, Y Ji, K Wang, T Tan, J Nielsen - Green Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Biorefinery production of fuels and chemicals represents an attractive route for solving
current energy crisis, as well as reducing green-house gas (GHG) emissions from ships …