Closing the Carbon Cycle for Sustainable Energy and Environment: CO2 Capture using Novel Platform Materials & CO2 Sequestration with Integrated Energy Recovery

Abstract

Sustainability has become an urgent global issue with the exhaustion of fossil fuel and the climate debate. Thus, developments in alternative energy sources and capturing & storing carbon dioxide have been the focus of recent research in the energy and environment field. My research has specifically focused on two distinct engineered and natural materials: i) the synthesis of organic-inorganic platform materials for efficient CO2 capture and ii) the combined energy recovery and CO2 sequestration in complex structured naturally-occurring methane hydrate. This research aims to close the carbon cycle by extracting maximum energy possible from the new natural resources while efficiently storing excess waste carbon in natural systems. The findings from these studies will provide valuable fundamental knowledge for the environmental field and energy sustainability.