Electrochemistry and catalysis will play an important role in the transition to renewable alternatives, such as CO₂, as a source for chemicals and materials production. Avantium has been using its knowledge on catalysis and renewable plastics to develop an integrated process for the production of polymers and chemicals from CO₂. The volta team is equipped to work on all aspects required for the development of new chemical processes, ranging from catalyst and electrode development to process and reactor engineering. We work on continuous processes with high degrees of automation, control and real-time data monitoring. Scale up in electrochemical reactors is achieved by using multiple cells or as commonly known a stack configuration. By participating in several European consortia we are able to collaborate on the scaling up of our CO₂ conversion technology and in this talk I will share some examples of the successful projects we have worked on in the past years.

Annelie Jongerius is Research and Program Manager for the Volta electrochemistry team at Avantium. She joined Avantium in 2016 where she has filled several scientific positions, working various projects in the field of lignin applications as well as electrochemical CO₂ conversion. In her current role, Annelie is leading the team working on the development of the electrochemical and catalytic conversion of CO₂ into monomers and as part of the Volta leadership team she is overseeing the alignment of all development activities with the higher level Volta strategy. Annelie has a MSc. from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD from Utrecht University. After her PhD, Annelie was awarded a Rubicon grant from NWO for a 2 year postdoctoral fellowship in electrochemical CO₂ conversion at Stanford University.