Type of Research: Applied Research. Research goal: Determine the sources, sinks and processes that control greenhouse gas emissions in the Amazon, and develop a system and services based on data science and artificial intelligence for modeling, analysis and visualization of
Project Type: Applied Research Research Goal: The objective is to identify, characterize and model the lithological units of the Rio Bonito Formation of the Paraná Sedimentary Basin as geological reservoirs of CO2, with the capacity to store quantities compatible with
Project type: Basic research. Research goal: The main objective is to investigate the scientific and technological aspects of the electrochemical conversion of ethanol into electricity and hydrogen. In one of the approaches, fundamentals on the kinetics and mechanism of conversion
Project: Potentials in the Sugar and Alcohol Sector: Valorisation of Vinasse Project type: Basic research Objective: This project aims to develop an electrochemical system to evaporate vinasse water by generating molecular hydrogen and oxygen. Partnership and financing: Shell Brasil. We
Project Type: Basic Research. Research Goal: Improve sugarcane productivity to increase bioethanol production. We will achieve the objective of obtaining plants that are more tolerant to stress, fast-growing, have more sugar, and have altered walls. With these combined strategies, we
Project type: Applied Research. Research goal: The objective is to create value from CO2 emissions by developing efficient catalytic processes, designing better transformations, for the conversion of CO2 into alcohol, such as ethanol, and ethanol into chemical products, e.g. monomers.
Project type: Basic Research. Research goal: Prepare isocyanate monomers commonly used by industry in polymerization reactions (MDI, TDI and aliphatic), as well as new isocyanates, by a different route, employing CO2 or diethyl carbonate. Partnership and financing: Shell Brasil. We
Type of project: Basic Research. Research goal: Provide a process for CO2 mitigation linked to the production of biofuels (bioethanol and H2), biopolymers and biocalcite, through biotechnological processes using bacteria and microalgae. Partnership and financing: Shell Brazil. We gratefully acknowledge
Project type: Basic Research. Research goal: The objective of this project is to adapt electrocatalysts, electrolytes and interfaces, to allow the electrocatalytic reduction of products from CO2 to C2 + and from N2 to NH3, including their combination to obtain
Project type: Basic Research. Research goal: The general objective of the project is the development and study of semiconductor nanomaterials active in visible sunlight, in a double absorber configuration, for the production of green H2 and effective, selective and stable
