October 2016

Nano-spike catalysts convert carbon dioxide directly into ethanol

While trying to develop waste-to-fuel technology, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory accidentally found an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol. Their finding, which involves nanofabrication and catalysis science, was serendipitous. A full account of the discovery can be …

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