The CO 2 Tree: The Potential for Carbon Dioxide Utilization Pathways
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol. 13, pp. 5–29
Abstract
Among the most active areas of chemistry research today is that of carbon dioxide utilization: an area of research that was viewed as futile and commercially impractical not so long ago due to the energetic stability of the CO2 molecule. The breakthroughs that largely began in earnest in the 1990s have accelerated and now make up a diverse and plentiful portfolio of technological and scientific advances and commercialized technologies. Here, “The CO2 Tree” is presented as a tool to illustrate the breadth of potential products from CO2 utilization and to communicate the potential of these chemical breakthroughs to address the greatest challenge that society faces today: climate change. It is intended to be useful for scientists, engineers, legislators, advocates, industrial decision-makers, policy makers, and the general public to know what is already possible today and what may be in the near future.
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Yale University · Nottingham Trent University
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, United Kingdom
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Yale University · Aalborg University
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Energy, Aalborg University, Aalborg Øst, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion · RWTH Aachen University
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Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Paul T. Anastas corresponding
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Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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