Carbon dioxide copolymers have outstanding environmental advantages and the scale of the industry is expanding

Carbon dioxide copolymer is a polymer material produced by copolymerizing carbon dioxide with epoxide under the action of a catalyst. Carbon dioxide copolymer is a new type of resin material that is expected to play an important role in “carbon peaking” and “carbon neutrality”.

By adding different reactants, carbon dioxide copolymers with different structures can be prepared, and there are also certain differences in product performance. Due to the difficulty of activating carbon dioxide, catalysts that can efficiently catalytically activate carbon dioxide and epoxides play an important role in the preparation process. At present, the representative product of carbon dioxide copolymer is polypropylene carbonate, which is produced by copolymerizing carbon dioxide and propylene oxide as raw materials. Carbon dioxide copolymers have a wide range of raw material sources and low production costs. The products are biodegradable, have good water barrier properties, and have excellent oxygen barrier properties.

According to the “2022-2026 Carbon Dioxide Copolymer Industry In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestions Report” released by the Industrial Research Center, With the expansion of industrial scale and improvement of living standards, global carbon dioxide emissions continue to increase, and the greenhouse effect becomes increasingly obvious. According to data from the International Energy Agency, global carbon dioxide emissions will reach 36.3 billion tons in 2021. Capturing carbon dioxide in industrial waste gas to produce carbon dioxide copolymers is one of the important ways to reduce the proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. At the same time, carbon dioxide copolymers are biodegradable, so their environmental protection advantages are extremely prominent.

According to data from the International Energy Agency, China’s carbon dioxide emissions will reach 11.9 billion tons in 2021, accounting for 33% of the global total. my country’s carbon dioxide emissions are large, and our country plans to strive to achieve carbon peak before 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, which has laid a solid foundation for the development of the carbon dioxide copolymer industry.

my country began research on carbon dioxide copolymer technology in the 1990s, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made great contributions in this field. In the early days, due to poor heat resistance and weak mechanical properties, carbon dioxide copolymers had fewer application scenarios and smaller production and sales. With the continuous improvement of technology, the inter-molecular forces of carbon dioxide copolymers are now enhanced, their mechanical properties are improved, their glass transition temperatures are increased, and their application scenarios are gradually broadened. Against this background, the number of companies related to carbon dioxide copolymers in my country continues to increase.

Industry analysts said that at this stage, the main manufacturers of carbon dioxide copolymers in my country include Inner Mongolia Mengxi High-tech Group Co., Ltd., Taizhou Bangfeng Plastics Ltd. etc. During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, my country also plans to build carbon dioxide copolymer production capacity such as Jilin Boda Dongfang New Materials Co., Ltd., Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd., and Maoming Tianyuan Petrochemical Co., Ltd. It is estimated that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, my country’s planned construction The production capacity of carbon dioxide copolymer exceeds 600,000 tons. From this point of view, the scale of my country’s carbon dioxide copolymer industry is constantly expanding.