PROJECT TITLE '' DIRECT CONVERSION OF FLUE GAS TO VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS USING A CARBON-NEUTRAL PROCESS.'' THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NOVEL ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIZING PURE ALCOHOLS, I.E., ETHANOL AND PROPANOL DIRECTLY FROM FLUE GAS THAT CONTAINS VARIOUS COMPONENTS SUCH AS CO2, NOX AND SOX. WE WILL STUDY THE EFFECT OF FLUE GAS COMPOSITION AND OPERATING CONDITIONS ON BOTH THE REACTION KINETICS PARAMETERS AND THE MASS TRANSPORT RATE OF THE FLUE-GAS-BASED CO2 REDUCTION REACTION.