electrochemistry

“I think the greatest battle in climate tech over the next decade is going to be a race between electrochemistry and biology to solve our biggest climate problems.”

“Probably 80% of the things we need to do in climate tech can be solved either by biologically or electrochemically converting Thing X into thing Y.”

“Passenger transportation, for example, is clearly going to be the domain of electrochemistry, i.e. Batteries.”

“So we're talking about stuff like ethylene and propanol, a bunch of these big commodity chemical categories, which are much bigger markets, bigger decarbonization impact ultimately, but less complex molecules to create and processes where sort of traditional c…”

“Well, a biological process, even if it has an electrochemical component to it, it's hard to get to high current density. Why is that? It's just that the molecules are large and bulky, right? And, you know, inorganic molecules tend to be compact by comparison, …”

“I would say that one of the Other limitations of electrochemistry, something it's not very good at, is solid, solid transformations. Okay. So, and that, so, you know, why would that be? It's that one of the things you have to have in order to make electrochemi…”

“In the greatest hits album of electrochemistry, you'd have a lot of tracks focused on batteries, for sure, and for good reason. But there are deeper cuts, too, and some new music with pretty extraordinary potential. Anyway, think tracks on cement and steel and…”

“The limitation of electrochemistry is that it's a chemical reaction that takes place at an interface, right? In a way, you could say that it's a two-dimensional process, right? You know, you always need an electrode, and you need electrons being transferred ou…”

“Well, so SAFs, sustainable aviation fuels would be an example, and in particular, you know, CO₂ to fuels. That is a case where, you know, CO₂, you know, decomposing molecules is highly energetic, and that's where electrochemistry has that advantage that I refe…”

“One of the reasons the application of electrochemistry have, you know, become much more prevalent and interesting is because of this, you know, megatrend towards low-cost electricity. You know, the lower the cost of electricity, the more attractive it is as an…”