April 22 - 26, 2024
Seattle, Washington
May 7 - 9, 2024 (Virtual)
Symposium Supporters
2024 MRS Spring Meeting
EN05.06.01

Turning Waste into High Value Chemicals with Electricity

When and Where

Apr 23, 2024
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Room 335, Level 3, Summit

Presenter(s)

Co-Author(s)

Magdalena Titirici1

Imperial College London1

Abstract

Magdalena Titirici1

Imperial College London1
In this talk I will present out latests advances in converting bio-basedd products such as glycerol, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural or PET waste into valuable chemicals including lactic acid, FDCA and glycolic acid including some fundamental mechanistic studies, upscale oportunities and life cycle assesment of such processes.

Symposium Organizers

Demetra Achilleos, University College Dublin
Virgil Andrei, University of Cambridge
Robert Hoye, University of Oxford
Katarzyna Sokol, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Symposium Support

Bronze
Angstrom Engineering Inc.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Session Chairs

Demetra Achilleos
Katarzyna Sokol

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