To meet 1.5-2 degrees Celsius warming targets, society must develop carbon management technologies for the irreversible removal and storage of gigatons of CO2 from point sources and the atmosphere. The conversion of carbon dioxide into carbonate minerals, “CO2 mineralization,” can play a fundamental role in carbon management technologies, as it is thermodynamically favorable and scalable. However, the long timescales and poor predictability of CO2 mineralization impede widespread utilization. There is thus an urgent need to accelerate mineralization kinetics and capacity. We believe we can lay the foundations for enhanced mineralization technologies by developing and synthesizing mechanistic understanding from geology, chemistry, and biology. The Advanced Carbon Mineralization Initiative is a cross-disciplinary effort to establish the basic science, technology, and economic framework to realize the full potential of CO2 mineralization.
Sponsored by: Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative
ERL Personnel: Matěj Peč (lead), Bradford Hager, Oliver Jagoutz, Shuhei Ono, Tanja Bosak, Angelina Serafini, Manlin Xu, Andy Fong, Jonathan Simpson, Hoagy O’Ghaffari, Gage Coon
Collaborators: Yogesh Surendranath (lead), Martin Bazant, Emre Gencer, Admir Masic, Yuriy Roman, Shuguang Zhang (MIT), George Church (Harvard Medical School), Peter Keleman (Columbia Climate School), Loren Looger (University of California, San Diego)