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The NETPEC Project

NETPEC stands for “Negative Emission Technologies based on PhotoElectroChemical Methods” and is a collaborative research project funded by the BMFTR. The overall goal of the NETPEC project is the development of highly efficient photoelectrochemical approaches to convert carbon dioxide into easily storable, safe and sustainable carbon sink products. This is accompanied by climate modeling, geological reservoir investigations and sustainability analysis, thus making the NETPEC project follow a holistic approach.

The NETPEC consortium is coordinated by the University of Tübingen and it is furthermore embedded in the BMFTR research program on land based CO2 removal (CDRterra).

All contributing researchers and institutions are listed here and the tab “Project” contains more detailed information about the project and its different parts.

Principle of terrestrial photoelectrochemical carbon sinks. Atmospheric CO₂ is captured into an electrolyte and converted to carbon-rich products in a cell using directly absorbed solar radiation. While some products (e.g., oxalate) may require postprocessing, others could be directly extracted for long-term storage (e.g., carbon flakes). The local climatic environment impacts the efficiency and conversion rate of the system, the storage potential depends on the product due to potential geochemical interactions between storage site and sink product.
(https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202103801)

News

September 13, 2023

Pascal Kempen has submitted his Bachelor thesis about the “Electrochemical reduction of CO2 on Ga-In-Sn alloys in organic electrolytes” at Freie Universität Berlin.
July 13, 2023

NETPEC Talk in the CDRTerra Seminar Series
May 22, 2023

CDRTerra General Assembly, Kloster Haydau
March 21, 2023

Netpec Spring Meeting in Tübingen
January 1, 2023

Florian Keller has finished his Masters at Ulm University with the NETPEC related thesis on theoretical CO2 reduction: “Surface and Mechanistic Studies for Electrochemical CO2-Reduction over CeO2“
November 10, 2022

COP27 takes place in Sharm el-Sheik. NETPEC represented via CDRterra
October 6, 2022

The CDRterra Synthesis and Stakeholder Workshops took place in Potsdam
October 1, 2022

Moritz Adam finished his Masters with a thesis on modeling potential impacts of artificial photosynthesis as an approach to carbon dioxide removal (CDR): “Modeling Earth System Impacts of Artificial Photosynthesis for land-based Carbon Dioxide Removal”
May 30, 2022

The CDRterra general assembly took place as a hybrid event.
March 30, 2022

The first publication of the NETPEC project has been accepted. A Perspective on Negative Emissions as the New Frontier of Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction in “Advanced Energy Materials” by MM May and K Rehfeld. DOI:10.1002/aenm.202103801.