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Low carbon-footprint cementitious materials
Unmet Need: An eco-friendly and low-carbon-footprint material comparable in strength and durability to regular concrete
Today’s society desires to reduce the continuously increasing carbon footprint on our planet, and the industry is hungry for the introduction of eco-friendly solutions for the built environment, without compromising the strength...
Published: 3/19/2024
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Inventor(s): Xianming Shi, Zhipeng Li
Keywords(s): 3D printing, Activated carbon, Agriculture, binders, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon-negative, Carbon-neutral, composites, Concrete, Nanotechnology, recycling
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Environmentally Friendly Method for Recycling Plastic Waste
Unmet Need: Easy recycling of difficult to discard plastics
Extensive use of plastics has led to waste disposal management difficulties and serious environmental problems such as intensive energy consumption, toxic gas emission, and occupying many landfills as synthetic plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) do not rust and are not easily...
Published: 5/25/2023
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Inventor(s): Jinwen Zhang
Keywords(s): Carbon Dioxide, chemical recycling, Human Impacts and environmental change, Waste plastics
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Renewable Energy Storage via Efficient Reversible Hydrogenation of Piperidine captured Carbon Dioxide
Unmet Need: Using heterogeneous catalysts for hydrogen storageThe worldwide installed solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind energy capacity have surged exponentially for the past decades.1 However, renewable power generation is highly intermittent and seasonal, resulting in serious issues including grid capacity/stability, curtailment, and supply/demand...
Published: 4/28/2023
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Inventor(s): Hongfei Lin
Keywords(s): Carbon Dioxide, Catalyst, Hydrogen
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