Sucking up CO2Suck up carbon, not energy.
Big Picture
To date, most commercial carbon capture requires high concentrations of CO₂ for the physics to pencil out. Novel approaches can capture ambient CO₂ that makes up just 0.04% of air, but require a lot of energy, heat, or pressure to do so. Verdox is pioneering an energy-efficient approach to convert gas with virtually any concentration of CO₂ into pure streams without any thermal, pressure, or chemical inputs.
How it Works
Verdox’s system functions like a battery, absorbing CO₂ when electrically charged and releasing it when discharged. The battery’s electrodes have a binary electrochemical affinity for carbon dioxide. When gas and electricity are fed into the system, CO₂ molecules at any concentration are captured. Turn the power off and the electrodes release those same molecules as a pure stream of carbon dioxide.
Unfair Advantage
With gas and electricity as its only inputs, Verdox’s system slashes the energy- and cost- intensity of carbon capture by an order of magnitude. The modular nature of their design lends itself well to large-scale manufacturing akin to battery and electrolyzer manufacturing and previously unimaginable form factors for carbon captured in everything from industrial sites to office spaces to classrooms.
10
Times more
energy efficient than conventional carbon capture
BRIAN BAYNES CO-FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN
Brian previously founded Midori, Petri Bio, Kaleido Biosciences, Celexion, and Codon Devices. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT.
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