Cascade Reaction Development for Catalytic Liquid Fuel Generation
The transformation of CO₂ into liquid fuels, while in principle is possible in a single reaction, most often requires a series of reactions in which CO₂ is sequentially reduced. In traditional chemical synthesis, such transformations take place using multiple, sequential reactions which occur in isolation, often in different reactors and under different conditions. By contrast, catalyst cascades bring together several catalysts, each optimized for a single reaction step, into a single environment to cooperatively transformation CO₂ into fuels.
To advance cascade catalysts CHASE is
Discovering catalysts and developing reaction conditions to efficiently transform CO₂ into C₁ products
Upgrading C₁ products using electrochemical and thermochemical reactions to liquid fuels.
Advancing chemistries which drive carbon – carbon bond formation and access to higher nuclearity fuels
Using mechanism-guided insights and compatibility testing to realize multi-reaction cascades and integrate those cascades into hybrid photoelectrodes.
Thrust Coordinator (early career research) - Joseph Kuchta III
