This book focuses on the chemistry and processes for conversion and utilization of carbon dioxide. Topics include CO2 utilization, its conversion to industrial chemicals and fuels, its coversion via synthesis gas, and new catalysts and chemical processes for conversion.

PREFACE ; PART 1: GENERAL OVERVIEW ; 1. CO2 Conversion and Utilization: An Overview ; 2. CO2 Mitigation and Fuel Production ; 3. CO2 Emission Reductions: An Opportunity for New Catalytic Technology ; PART 2: SYNTHESIS OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS ; 4. Key Issues in Carbon Dioxide Utilisation as a Building Block for Molecular Organic Compounds in the Chemical Industry ; 5. Selective Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Methanol to Dimethyl Carbonate Using Phosphoric Acid-Modified Zircona Catalysts ; 6. Utilization of Carbon Dioxide for Direct, Selective Conversion of Methane to Ethane and Ethylene with Calcium Based Binary Catalysts ; 7. Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide, Propylene oxide, and Cyclohexene Oxide by an Yttrium-Metal Coordination Catalyst system ; 8. The Role of CO2 for the Gas-Phase O2 Oxidation of Alkylaromatics to Aldehyde ; PART 3: CO2 REDUCTION OVER HETEROGENOUS CATALYSTS ; 9. Effective Conversion of CO2 to Valuable Compounds by Using Multi-functional Catalysts ; 10. Supported Copper and Manganese Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis from CO2 Containing Syngas ; 11. Catalytic Reduction of CO2 into Liquid Fuels: Simulating Reactions under Geological Formation Conditions ; PART 4: SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION FROM CO2 REFORMING ; 12. Methane Dry Reforming over Carbide, Nickel-based and Noble Metal Catalysts ; 13. A highly Active and Carbon-Resistant Catalyst for CH4 Reforming with CO2-Nickel supported on an Ultra-Fine ZrO2 ; 14. CO2 Reforming of Methane over Ru-Loaded Lanthanoid Oxide Catalysts ; 15. CO2 Reforming and Simultaneous CO2 and Steam Reforming of Methane to Syngas over CoxNil-xO Supported on Macroporous Silica-Alumina Precoated with MgO ; 16. Low Temperature CH4 Decomposition on High Surface Area Carbon-Supported Co Catalysts ; 17. Effects of Pressure on CO2 Reforming of CH4 over Ni/Na-Y and Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts ; 18. A Comparative Study on CH4-CO2 Reforming over Ni/SiO2-MgO Catalyst Using Fluidized- and Fixed-Bed Reactors ; 19. Effects of Pressure on CO2 Reforming of CH4 over Rh/Na-Y and Rh/Al2O3 Catalysts ; 20. Methane Reforming with Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen under Atmospheric and Pressurized Conditions Using Fixed and Fluidized Bed Reactors ; 21. Computational Analysis of Energy Aspects of CO2 Reforming and Oxy-CO2 Reforming of Methane at Different Pressures ; PART 5: PHOTO-CATALYTIC AND ELECTRO-CHEMICAL REDUCTION ; 22. Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 with H2O on Various Titanium Oxide Catalysts ; 23. Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 with Gas-Diffusion Electrodes Fabricated Using Metal and Polymer-Confined Nets ; PART 6: USE OF SUPERCRITICAL CO2 FLUID ; 24. Use of Dense-Phase Carbon Dioxide in Catalysis ; 25. The Possibility of Coupling Supercritical Extraction in Petroleum Industry with CO2 Conversion Plants to Lessen Investments