Materials and Processes for Carbon Capture and Sequestration

The field of sustainability in chemistry is largely dedicated to development of energy and chemical sources that do not rely on fossil-based carbon.Renewable power efforts based on solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, and biomass-derived energy are all under rapid development.In parallel, renewable chemicals based on biomass feedstocks are being developed.Nonetheless, the world today is dominated by fossil power (coal, petroleum, gas) and most chemicals and materials that drive modern society are also derived from fossil resources.This profile is not expected to change rapidly, and given the effects of fossil-derived CO 2 on the global climate, there is increased emphasis, today, on the development of technologies for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide.