With several advantages as a carbon-neutral fuel, methanol is an attractive energy vector that can be produced using only renewable resources. In this context, the EU-funded METHASOL project will create a sustainable and cost-efficient production process that relies on selective visible-light-driven gas-phase CO2 reduction, with a solar energy to methanol conversion efficiency of 5 %. The consortium consists of 14 partners from the EU and Associated Member States (China and the United States), including international researchers on artificial photosynthesis. The project will achieve a pioneering combination of a CO2 reduction reaction system based on a metal-organic framework and a graphitic carbon nitride for photocatalytic oxygen evolution reactions, through a Z-scheme heterojunction.

Poroject Lead: UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA

Region: Europe

Country: Spain

Timeline Start - End: 2021-07-01 - 2024-12-31

Project Status: Ongoing

Project Budget: 5190103.0 €

Funding source: 77% H2020

Website: http://www.methasol.eu

Activities:

- CCU

CCU Tecnology Category: Utilization

Info On Utilization:

- Photochemical conversion

Facility stage: Planning

Start TRL: 3

End TRL: 4

CO2 capture/Utilization:

Production Volume:

Product Categories:

- Chemicals, Fuels

Specific Product(s): methanol