학술논문
A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy
Document Type
Review Paper
Author
Shaw, Wendy J.; Kidder, Michelle K.; Bare, Simon R.; Delferro, Massimiliano; Morris, James R.; Toma, Francesca M.; Senanayake, Sanjaya D.; Autrey, Tom; Biddinger, Elizabeth J.; Boettcher, Shannon; Bowden, Mark E.; Britt, Phillip F.; Brown, Robert C.; Bullock, R. Morris; Chen, Jingguang G.; Daniel, Claus; Dorhout, Peter K.; Efroymson, Rebecca A.; Gaffney, Kelly J.; Gagliardi, Laura; Harper, Aaron S.; Heldebrant, David J.; Luca, Oana R.; Lyubovsky, Maxim; Male, Jonathan L.; Miller, Daniel J.; Prozorov, Tanya; Rallo, Robert; Rana, Rachita; Rioux, Robert M.; Sadow, Aaron D.; Schaidle, Joshua A.; Schulte, Lisa A.; Tarpeh, William A.; Vlachos, Dionisios G.; Vogt, Bryan D.; Weber, Robert S.; Yang, Jenny Y.; Arenholz, Elke; Helms, Brett A.; Huang, Wenyu; Jordahl, James L.; Karakaya, Canan; Kian, Kourosh (Cyrus); Kothandaraman, Jotheeswari; Lercher, Johannes; Liu, Ping; Malhotra, Deepika; Mueller, Karl T.; O’Brien, Casey P.; Palomino, Robert M.; Qi, Long; Rodriguez, José A.; Rousseau, Roger; Russell, Jake C.; Sarazen, Michele L.; Sholl, David S.; Smith, Emily A.; Stevens, Michaela Burke; Surendranath, Yogesh; Tassone, Christopher J.; Tran, Ba; Tumas, William; Walton, Krista S.
Source
Nature Reviews Chemistry. 8(5):376-400
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2397-3358
Abstract
Electrification to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions is essential to mitigate climate change. However, a substantial portion of our manufacturing and transportation infrastructure will be difficult to electrify and/or will continue to use carbon as a key component, including areas in aviation, heavy-duty and marine transportation, and the chemical industry. In this Roadmap, we explore how multidisciplinary approaches will enable us to close the carbon cycle and create a circular economy by defossilizing these difficult-to-electrify areas and those that will continue to need carbon. We discuss two approaches for this: developing carbon alternatives and improving our ability to reuse carbon, enabled by separations. Furthermore, we posit that co-design and use-driven fundamental science are essential to reach aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets.
To achieve net-zero carbon emissions, we must close the carbon cycle for industries that are difficult to electrify. Developing the needed science to provide carbon alternatives and non-fossil carbon will accelerate advances towards defossilization.
To achieve net-zero carbon emissions, we must close the carbon cycle for industries that are difficult to electrify. Developing the needed science to provide carbon alternatives and non-fossil carbon will accelerate advances towards defossilization.