Speaker:
Title:
Capturing Carbon: Development of Biological Materials for Capture and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide
Abstract:
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise at a rate of 2 ppm (~15 trillion kg) per year. Virus-based materials offer a tunable, nanoscale platform for the investigation of critical material properties for the adsorption and controlled release of
dilute carbon dioxide, and for its electrocatalytic conversion to value-added hydrocarbons. Preliminary studies show the ability to impact capture and conversion performance using the parameter space available with the M13
bacteriophage materials-synthesis platform.