Methanol from CO2 and Solar Energy – A Literature Study

Abstract

The project “SolMethCO2” deals with the options of an effective methanol synthesis from atmospheric or industrial CO2 sources by implementing solar energy. First part of the projects is a wide-range survey of the many different processes and sub-processes that may be involved in methanol production and of the possibilities how to make these processes available for solarization. The different fields of research were CO2 capturing, H2/syngas-synthesis, biotechnological techniques for methanol synthesis, photocatalytical approaches and solar reactor.