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Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of numerous industrial processes, from cement and steel production to chemical manufacturing and power generation. Managing these carbon emissions represents both a significant challenge and an opportunity, reducing atmospheric carbon buildup while potentially capturing a resource that can be utilized or stored. Effective carbon capture technologies can help industries operate more cleanly, improve local air quality, and provide pathways for sectors that are difficult to fully electrify.

The challenge is significant. Carbon dioxide is relatively dilute in the atmosphere and in many industrial exhaust streams, making capture energy-intensive and costly with current technologies. The chemistry involved requires overcoming unfavorable kinetics. Essentially, capturing and concentrating carbon efficiently requires innovative approaches that minimize energy input while maximizing capture rates. Success in this field could transform how industries manage their carbon output and create economic value from what is currently treated as waste and pollutant.

RASEI researchers are developing new approaches to carbon capture across multiple technologies. Work includes bio-catalytic systems that harness natural organisms' carbon-processing capabilities, electrocatalytic methods that use electricity to drive carbon capture reactions, and integration strategies for connecting capture systems to the power grid to optimize energy use and costs.

By working across disciplines and scales, RASEI teams aim to develop carbon capture technologies that are energy-efficient, cost-effective, and practical for real-world deployment in industrial settings.