Berlinguette, Curtis

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Research Interest

• Reactive CO₂ Capture
• Advanced Nuclear Fusion
• Flexible Automation
• Membrane Reactors
• Electric Cement

Current Research Work

The Berlinguette Group designs and builds advanced electrochemical reactors to power the planet.

• Reactive carbon capture: Our program pioneered electrochemical reactors that convert CO₂ capture solutions directly into fuels and chemicals. This work is being commercialized through Sora Fuel, and we continue to develop AI-driven methods to advance this technology.
• Electrification of the chemical industry: We are decarbonizing industrial hydrogenation reactions, which account for 4% of global CO₂ emissions. To achieve this goal, our team is advancing a membrane reactor “Thor” to drive hydrogenation reactions at high rates of production. These membrane reactors can decarbonize the production of specialty chemicals, fuels, biofuels, pharmaceuticals, and plastics.
• Decarbonizing the built environment: Cement production is the largest emitter of CO₂, and the global footprint will double by 2050. We are designing and building reactors that use electricity and water, not high temperatures, to generate cement. We produce 75% less CO₂ when making cement and concrete.
• CO₂ Storage: We are exploring reactors capable of storing >50 gigatons of CO₂ each year. We are advancing this field using electricity and abundant minerals to permanently capture and store carbon dioxide as rock. We are offering the world the first scalable and accountable way of permanently storing CO₂.
• Flexible automation: We built self-driving laboratories, such as Ada, to accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies.
• Advanced nuclear fusion: We combine electrochemistry with nuclear fusion sciences to drive fusion events at lower temperatures than currently known. Our mission is to create a low-cost energy source that can scale within the span of a human lifetime.