Carbon Capture Innovations

This lecture presents the work of the EPFL Carbon Team, a student group focused on developing prototypes to capture CO2 and fight climate change. The team has already achieved significant results, such as ranking 33rd in a global competition. They have developed first and second-generation direct air carbon capture prototypes using innovative adsorbents and are working on scaling up production. Future plans include improving existing prototypes, developing new capture systems based on graphene membranes, and sequestering CO2 emissions from gas combustion. The ultimate goal is to capture all CO2 emissions on campus and continuously enhance the efficiency of direct air capture units.