Slashing CO2CO₂ reborn.
Big Picture
The modern world is built on carbon. Today it comes from fossil fuels, but many have aspired to replace carbon molecules pumped out of the Earth’s crust with CO₂ captured from the atmosphere. Finally, electrochemistry is on the verge of turning this dream into reality. Cheap renewables, novel materials, and advanced engineering promise to profitably upcycle CO₂ into carbon-neutral chemicals.
How it Works
Dioxycle’s platform uses water and electricity at low temperatures to convert carbon captured from the air or industrial emissions into fresh outputs. The gasses pass through a catalyst-loaded membrane that can convert CO₂ into some of the highest- value chemicals like ethylene. The CO₂-derived outputs can be used as-is or as carbon-free feedstocks for other chemicals, polymers, or fuel.
Unfair Advantage
Dioxycle’s membrane electrode assembly is designed to maximize CO₂ conversion efficiency while minimizing system input costs. The core electrolyzer system fits into a shipping container, enabling modularity and co-location at industrial sites for on-site capture and conversion of CO₂ gas into highly valuable chemicals and fuels at prices that make them competitive with fossil fuels.
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Percent of global CO₂
emissions slashed
SARAH LAMAISON CEO & CO-FOUNDER
Sarah’s PhD research focused on electrochemical CO₂ reduction, after which she did a postdoc at Stanford in Matteo Jaramillo’s lab.
DAVID WAKERLEY CTO & CO-FOUNDER
David holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge. A Lindeman Fellow at Stanford, David is an expert in renewable fuels.
Dioxycle raises $17 million to help develop green ethylene
Reuters
Gas diffusion electrodes, reactor designs and key metrics of low-temperature CO₂ electrolysers
Nature Energy