Solidec has been selected by NASA for SBIR funding to advance the development of our hydrogen peroxide-producing electrolyzer – a technology with potential applications in onboard disinfection and water treatment during long-duration space missions.

This paper converts bicarbonate capture solutions into formate and C2 products without separate CO2 recovery. This paper achieves high conversion efficiency and selectivity.

Solidec has announced a landmark partnership with Lynas Rare Earths, the world’s only commercial producer of separated light and heavy rare earth oxides outside China. The collaboration will deploy a first-of-its-kind onsite hydrogen peroxide generator at Lynas’s facility in Australia – a key step toward cleaner, more efficient, and more secure chemical supply chains for critical mineral production.

This paper uses high pressure to improve CO2 capture from dilute waste streams with simultaneous carbon capture. This paper achieves 81% formic acid efficiency.

Solidec has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Fast Track award to advance our on-site hydrogen peroxide generation technology. This support will accelerate our mission to deliver sustainable chemistry solutions for critical industries – from wastewater treatment to semiconductor manufacturing to mining.

Solidec has raised an oversubscribed $2M pre-seed round led by New Climate Ventures, with support from Plug and Play Ventures, Ecosphere Ventures, Collab Fund, Echo River Capital, Semilla Climate Capital, Safar Partners, and others.

Solidec has been selected by NASA for SBIR funding to advance the development of our hydrogen peroxide-producing electrolyzer – a technology with potential applications in onboard disinfection and water treatment during long-duration space missions.

CDL is one of the most selective programs for science-based startups, and the Energy Stream gave us access to top-tier mentors and investors focused on the energy transition.

This paper uses water recirculation in a solid electrolyte reactor to boost stability. This paper achieves 30 wt% H2O2 and a 1000-hour lifetime at high current densities.

CERAWeek Agora, one of the biggest annual events for startups in climate tech, is a prestigious platform that brings together innovators, leaders, and visionaries in the field.

The Welch Foundation supports chemical research at academic institutions around the state of Texas. They have awarded Haotian Wang this year’s Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research, which will help to support his nanomaterials and electrolyzer research at Rice University.

The voucher is designed to grant small businesses, local governments, and other non-traditional partners access to the vetted resources and expertise they need to bring their clean energy technologies and projects to the next level. It will provide Solidec with technical assistance to help bring the technology to market.

This paper presents a one-step electrochemical method to regenerate CO2 and NaOH absorbent. This paper offers a modular, energy-efficient alternative to thermal calcination.

Designed to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit in the energy industry, this competition showcases remarkable competition for emerging startups in the energy field.

This grant will support Solidec’s efforts to develop an innovative solution for producing emission-free chemical and fuels.

Activate empowers scientists and engineers to reinvent the world by launching startups to address climate change and other global challenges. Activate provides the resources Solidec needs to quickly bring our technology to market.

Rice University’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Lilie) has announced the eight dynamic teams selected for the 2024 Lilie Summer Venture Studio, an immersive summer accelerator program designed to propel the university’s innovative ventures forward.

Flathead Forge is a venture studio focused on energy’s critical dependencies around water and gas.

‘Go for Launch’ in Rice Magazine highlights technologies, teams, and companies at various stages of development from across industries and departments from Rice University.

This is a community of climate-tech pioneers working to design a more sustainable world.

InnovationMap is the leading voice of innovation in Houston, covering the latest news in the Houston startup, tech, health, energy, and social impact sectors.

The TEX-E Prize is a multi-round startup competition for Texas students who are developing innovative technologies and business models to advance the energy transition and address climate change.

The grant aims to support groundbreaking projects across Rice, providing crucial capital for projects to spin out of the university and successfully attract investment from angel investors and venture capital.

This program will support the development and prototyping of Solidec’s platform of electrolyzers that capture carbon and generate chemicals using only air, water, and electricity.

The program helps small businesses and other non-traditional partners access testing facilities or obtain third-party subject matter expertise needed to advance their technologies, business, or energy projects to the next level.

This paper introduces a sulfonated polymer buffer layer to recover CO2 lost to crossover. This paper demonstrates 90% carbon recovery with over 99% gas purity for reuse.

This paper outlines reactor engineering strategies to produce pure liquid fuels from CO2. This paper argues for direct generation to avoid costly downstream purification steps.

This paper reports a boron-doped carbon catalyst that overcomes the activity-selectivity dilemma. This paper delivers high H2O2 partial currents in a solid electrolyte reactor.

This paper uses an inert gas flow to carry out pure formic acid vapors from a solid electrolyte. This paper demonstrates condensation of pure solutions up to nearly 100 wt.%.

This paper details a direct route to produce high-purity H2O2 using a porous solid electrolyte. This paper tunes water flow rates to reach concentrations up to 20 weight %.