Publications

WP1: Postcombustion Capture

 

WP2: CO2 to renewable CH4 in gas grid

  • Aubin, P., Van Herle, J. and Thome, J.R., 2024. Thermosiphon cooling system for a methanation reactor: an experimental assessment. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 16(12), p.124501.
  • Aubin, P., Yu, H. and Wang, L., 2025. Identification of key control variables for a methanation unit through system analysis using experimental results. Applied Energy, 401, p.126689.
  • Aubin, P. and Wang, L., 2026. Thermal management of a solid-oxide electrolyser-based power-to-methane system: comparing heat generation minimization and power regeneration. Fuel, 405, p.136498.
  • Master thesis: Augereau S., “Scaling a 2-10 kW methanation reactor for a 10-30 kW power-to-methane system”, EPFL, 2025

 

WP3: CO2 Storage

  • Stavropoulou, E., Sciandra, D., & Laloui, L. (2026). A novel methodology for bridging the gap between laboratory and field scales in geological CO2 storage. Géotechnique Letters, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.25.00056
  • Stavropoulou, E., Sciandra, D., & Laloui, L., 2025. Introducing a novel scale for studying geological CO2 storage. Proceedings: 8th International Conference on Coupled THMC Processes, GeoProc (p. 26-27). https://cyprusconferences.org/geoproc2025/papers/
  • Stavropoulou, E., Sciandra, D., & Laloui, L., 2026. A new metre-scale testbed for simulating geological CO2 storage. Proceedings: 2nd Caprock Integrity & Gas Storage Symposium 2026 (p. 20-23). https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/2nd-caprock-integrity-and-gas-storage-symposium-2026-proceedings
  • Sciandra, D., Laloui, L., & Stavropoulou, E., 2026.  Proceedings: Hydro-mechanical simulation of caprock-reservoir interaction for a meter-scale CO2 injection experiment. Proceedings: 2nd Caprock Integrity & Gas Storage Symposium 2026 (p. 61-64). https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/2nd-caprock-integrity-and-gas-storage-symposium-2026-proceedings
  • Sciandra, D., & Stavropoulou, E., (2026). Caprock sealing capacity under CO2 injection: insights from hydro-mechanical simulations at meter-scale, Transport in Porous Media (submitted - under review)
  • Stavropoulou, E., & Laloui, L. (2026).Hydromechanical behaviour of intact and crushed caprock for underground CO2 storage, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (submitted - under review)

 

WP4: Direct Air Capture

  • Human interpretable structure-property relationships in chemistry using explainable machine learning and large language models. Communication Chemistry 8, 11 (2025)
  • ChemLit-QA: a human evaluated dataset for chemistry RAG tasks. Machine Learning Science & Technology, 2025, 6, 020601.
  • Spotlight talk (top-15%) at NeurIPS 2024 AI for Materials Workshop.
  • MOFology: A Knowledge Graph for Engineering Direct Air Capture Materials. Matthew Hart, Jeremy Goumaz, Philippe Schwaller

 

WP5: CO2 Refinery

  • Xu Q. et al., Dilute CO2 Input Suppresses Cathode Salt Precipitation in Cu-catalyzed CO2 Electroreduction. 2026, submitted.
  • Xu Q. et al., Long-horizon forecasting of electrolysis stability from early-stage operating data through temporal learning. 2026, submitted. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15002581/v
  • Degoulange D. et al., Tetraethylammonium Cations Enable C2+ Product Formation in Acidic CO2 Reduction. 2026, submitted.

 

WP6: Process Modeling and Integration

  • Wen, D., Kuo, P.C., Saeidi, S., Özdemir, F. and Maréchal, F., 2024. Renewable synthesis fuels for a circular economy: A life cycle assessment. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 211, p.107851.
  • Wen, D. and Maréchal, F., 2025. Modeling and optimization of a membrane-assisted hybrid gas grid for methane and carbon dioxide transport, storage, and sector coupling. Applied Energy, 401, p.126667.
  • Dardor, D., Flórez-Orrego, D., Domingos, M. E. G. R., Germanier, R., Margni, M. , Maréchal, F., 2025. Carbon Capture and Management Strategies for Decarbonizing Secondary Aluminium Production. Submitted (Carbon Capture Science & Technology journal).
  • Boztaş, O., Flórez-Orrego, D., Domingos, M. E. G. R., Maréchal, F. Municipal Solid Waste Valorization into Chemical Solvents for Industrial Symbiosis: Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessment. ESCAPE 36 - European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering Sheffield, UK. 21-24 June 2026
  • Energy-Efficient and Cost-Effective Carbon Capture from Dilute Emissions Using Pyridinic-Graphene Membranes. Under revision. 
  • Renewable synthesis fuels for a circular economy: A life cycle assessment, Resources, Conservation & Recycling.
  • Environmental Impact Reduction of Integrating Large-scale Energy Storage for the 2050 Decarbonization Landscape. Submitted.
  • Waste sector decarbonization through chemical looping: a global and future perspective. Submitted.

 

WP7: Economics, Financing, Governance, and Policy

  • Nick, S., 2025. Expanding Swiss net-zero scenarios to prepare for an uncertain future. S4S CCUS Issue Brief. https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/252375
  • Nick, S., 2025. Broadening the scenario space for Swiss CCUS: integrating deep uncertainty, sufficiency, and societal transformation. S4S CCUS Working Paper. https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/252121

 

WP8: Dissemination, Student Involvement, and Outreach

 

 

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