3 February 202331 January 2023 New catalyst design could make better use of captured carbon, researchers say University of Toronto scientists found a new catalyst design that could significantly improve the practicality of an electrochemical process that converts captured carbon dioxide into multi-carbon molecules
17 November 202112 November 2021 U of T Engineering team earns US $250,000 in global XPRIZE Carbon Removal Student Award Young researchers team will go toward further development of its technology, and a shot at winning the $50-million grand prize
28 January 202125 January 2021 Researchers at U of T, Northwestern use AI to accelerate discovery of industrial materials Inversely designing new materials for natural gas separation
4 January 20219 September 2021 How clean electricity can upgrade the value of captured carbon New method offers an affordable path to upgraded products while significantly lowering the overall energy cost of combined capture and upgrade
5 November 20202 November 2020 Using tree bark, U of T researcher develops new generation of sustainable products University of Toronto researchers created a new form of Shape-memory polyurethane (SMPU) from abietic acid, a chemical extracted from tree bark
26 February 20209 September 2021 Kat generiert Kunststoff aus Klimagas CO2 Kanadische Forscher der University of Toronto beschleunigen Produktion auf das Zehnfache
19 February 202014 February 2020 U of T researchers turn McDonald’s deep fryer oil into high-end 3D printing resin While there are commercial uses for waste cooking oil, there’s a lack of ways to recycle it into a high value commodity such as a 3D printing resin
14 February 20209 September 2021 “Reverse fuel cell” converts waste carbon to valuable products at record rates Fuel cells turn chemicals into electricity
28 November 20199 September 2021 U of T Engineering and Caltech collaborate on pathway to carbon-neutral plastics Researchers developed new and improved system for efficiently converting CO2, water, and renewable energy into ethylene
