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## UJI researcher Marcileia Zanatta receives funding from the La Caixa Foundation for the direct capture of CO2 from the atmosphere and its conversion into value-added products

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The AIR2PRODUCTS project has immense potential to address climate challenges.

Marcileia Zanatta, a researcher at the Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) and the Department of Chemical and Analytical Physics of the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló, has received funding from the La Caixa Foundation to carry out a project entitled "Advanced multiconfined materials for the transformation of atmospheric CO2 (AIR2PRODUCTS)", which aims to extract CO2 directly from the atmosphere and convert it into products with added value.

The young researcher is one of those selected for the La Caixa Foundation's Junior Leaders Postdoctoral Fellowships, an award that recognises outstanding researchers in STEM disciplines and gives them the opportunity to lead their own research projects and create their own research groups.

Direct air capture combined with integrated CO2 conversion is a promising way to combat climate change. This innovative project aims to develop a multi-functional platform capable of capturing atmospheric CO2 and converting it into a wide range of chemicals and fuels under mild conditions.

The AIR2PRODUCTS project represents a pioneering approach to direct air capture combined with integrated CO2 conversion that offers immense potential to address climate challenges and pave the way towards a net zero future. This initiative aims to revolutionise the field by creating a highly efficient material that integrates sorbents and catalysts in a confined environment.

The project will be developed in collaboration between the Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) in the MASP group and the Department of Chemical and Analytical Physics in the Molecular Materials group.

Each three-year grant is worth 305,100 euros, which will cover personnel and research project costs. This important financial support will enable the researcher to continue her research and make significant contributions to this field of science. Fourteen other postdoctoral fellowships were awarded in the same call to researchers at centres in Spain and Portugal. The success rate of the call is 4.43%.

Zanatta obtained her PhD in chemistry at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre (Brazil) under the supervision of Professor J. Dupont, a world leader in the field of ionic liquids and catalysis. During her stay as a postdoctoral researcher at the same university, she participated in two projects in the field of green chemistry, mainly focused on the capture and conversion of CO₂ with new mechanisms using photocatalysis, electrocatalysis and homogeneous catalysis.

Her academic career has been characterised by her dedication to the acquisition of essential knowledge in catalysis, carbon dioxide (CO2) chemistry, materials and chemical engineering. Between 2019 and 2021, she worked as a junior researcher in the team of Dr M. Corvo at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where she gained experience in the preparation of highly porous polymers, ionic liquids, biopolymers and aerogels. In 2021, she joined the team of Professor Víctor Sans at INAM-UJI with one of the prestigious Marie Curie Individual Fellowships. So far, she has received several recognitions, including being among the top 5% of young researchers of the Lindau Nobel World Organisation and participating in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (71st LINO), and being selected as an ACS MaterialsAu Rising Star 2023 in Materials Science. She is the author of more than forty articles and two book chapters with more than 900 citations.

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