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Our PCC Innovation

Atoco develops advanced Post-Combustion Carbon Capture (PCC) modules using nano-engineered reticular materials to capture CO₂ emissions from various point sources.
Our scalable and sustainable solution helps carbon-intensive and hard-to-abate sectors significantly reduce their environmental impact.

Our PCC Solution

Atoco develops solid-state carbon capture modules that efficiently capture CO₂ from point sources, offering a scalable solution for reducing emissions across industrial, residential, and commercial sectors. 

Advantages

Atoco’s solid-state PCC modules leverage nano-engineered reticular materials designed with large internal surface areas and atomic precision. Our PCC solution enables efficient CO₂ capture under low concentrations, ranging from ~ 1% to 9%, across industrial, residential and commercial building sectors.

Ultra Energy-Efficient CO₂ Capture

The reticular materials in our solid-state modules are molecularly engineered to selectively attract CO₂ into nano-cavities, forming weak bonds that reduce the energy required for extraction and regeneration. Unlike conventional methods, our PCC technology relies on pressure swing alone, eliminating the need for heating. This enables faster cycles and minimizes energy consumption, making the process both cost-effective and sustainable.

High CO₂ Capture Capacity

Our PCC technology demonstrates very fast CO₂ capture and release mechanisms, which enables increasing the frequency of carbon capture cycles, ultimately leading to multiplying the total annual captured CO₂.

Long-Lasting Performance

The robust crystalline structures of our novel reticular materials lead to higher stability and durability, enabling long life and sustained carbon capture capacity for tens of thousands of cycles.

Low Maintenance

The robustness of our solid-state modules reduces the need for frequent replacement and enhances the overall performance and economic viability of carbon capture systems.

Application Areas

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Energy & Power Generation

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Power plants fueled by coal, natural gas, and biomass, along with energy-intensive operations such as combined heat and power (CHP) systems, are significant contributors to global CO₂ emissions. These facilities produce high volumes of concentrated CO₂, presenting an opportunity for large-scale capture.


Atoco’s solid-state PCC modules integrate seamlessly into existing energy infrastructure, offering scalable options for large-scale carbon capture. These solutions can utilize waste heat from industrial processes to enhance efficiency and reduce operating costs, while enabling providers to expand capture capacity as needed. 

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Industrial Processes

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Industries such as cement, steel, and chemical manufacturing produce vast amounts of CO₂ as a byproduct of their energy-intensive and high-temperature processes. These emissions are often complex and challenging to capture due to the diverse nature of flue gases.

 

Atoco’s solid-state PCC modules address these challenges with robust, durable materials and adaptability to diverse flue gas compositions. Operating at room temperature and leveraging waste heat from industrial processes, they ensure energy-efficient operation and provide a practical, cost-effective solution for reducing CO₂ emissions in hard-to-abate sectors.

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Low-Concentration Emissions

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CO₂ emissions from sources like gas turbines, aluminum smelters, and fired boilers are often characterized by low concentrations of CO₂ (below 5%), mixed with air and other impurities, making their capture particularly challenging

 

Atoco’s solid-state PCC modules are optimized to capture CO₂ from low-concentration streams with unmatched efficiency. Their high selectivity ensures precise targeting of CO₂ molecules, even at levels as low as 1%. Fast kinetics, combined with room-temperature extraction and release, enhance energy efficiency and make these solutions both practical and economically viable for managing dispersed and diluted emissions.

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Commercial & Residential Sector

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Buildings are significant contributors to CO₂ emissions due to energy use in heating, cooling, and ventilation systems.

 

Atoco’s solid-state PCC modules integrate easily into HVAC systems, boilers, and air-cleaning devices to capture emissions from flue gases or indoor air. With a durable, low-maintenance, and chemical-free design, they provide a practical approach to retrofitting buildings into low-emission, sustainable spaces.

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Emerging PCC Applications: Decarbonizing the Transport Sector

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While carbon capture has traditionally focused on large-scale industrial emissions, there is growing interest in capturing CO₂ directly from mobile sources to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from other sectors, in particular the transportation sector.

 

With Atoco’s innovative adsorbent-based modules, feasible solutions could be provided to address the challenges associated with carbon capture applications in the transportation sector. As our materials have high selectivity, adsorption capacity, regenerable properties, tuneability, and flexibility, they could be used to solve integration issues associated with vehicle exhaust carbon capture technologies.

Discover our Direct Air Capture Innovation

Our innovations extend to Direct Air Capture (DAC), addressing emissions directly from the atmosphere. 

Our DAC Innovation