A critical review of the production of hydroxyaromatic carboxylic acids as a sustainable method for chemical utilisation and fixation of CO<sub>2</sub>
Omar Mohammad, Jude A. Onwudili, Qingchun Yuan
Abstract
The challenge is hydroxyaromatic carboxylic acids (HACAs) such as salicylic acids, hydroxynapthoic acids and their halogenated derivatives uses only about 41450 tonnes per year of CO 2 which is just ≈0.00012% of the annual anthropogenic emissions.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistrySustainable productionTonneEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental chemistryOrganic chemistryProduction (economics)EconomicsMacroeconomicsCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisCarbon Dioxide Capture TechnologiesCatalysis for Biomass Conversion