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Student Paper Published to Journal of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

Scott Blazer’s paper A Systematic Life Cycle Assessment of the Electroconversion of Carbon Dioxide was published in the Journal of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments.

Abstract

In this study, we report a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of assembling and operating an electrochemical cell for conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) to formic acid. This process is followed by product separation via liquid–liquid extraction. The results suggest that cell operation yields the highest environmental impact cf. other processes. Parametric studies were performed to identify conditions that minimize the environmental impact.

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Engineering Student, Christabel Adjah-Tetteh, Places 2nd At C2E2 Summit

professor zhou and graduate student Christabel Adjah-Tetteh with an award certificateWe are proud to announce that Christabel Adjah-Tetteh won second place at the C2E2 Graduate Student Research Summit with her presentation titled “Praseodymium and Gadolinium Doped Ceria as Interlayer for High-Temperature Solid Oxide Cell Application.”

The inaugural summit, hosted by the College of Engineering’s Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2), brought together students from various disciplines within C2E2 and across at least five engineering departments and schools.

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