Methanol from CO2 and Solar Energy – A Literature Study

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