Aug

4

Tandem Catalyst System Converts CO2 Back to Methanol

August 4, 2020 | Leave a Comment

Boston College chemists have used a tandem catalytic system to efficiently convert carbon dioxide to methanol. By encapsulating multiple catalysts involved in the tandem process in nanoporous materials called metal-organic frameworks, the team reports achieving superior performance by eliminating catalyst incompatibility. The method could be applied to other tandem catalytic processes, allowing more efficient access […]

Oct

29

Battery Design Sequesters CO2 For Recycling

October 29, 2019 | Leave a Comment

MIT researchers have devised a new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air. The press release asserts it could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to the roughly 400 parts per million currently […]

Sep

21

Copper Catalyst For High Efficiency CO2 to Fuels Process

September 21, 2017 | 6 Comments

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) scientists have developed a new electrocatalyst that can directly convert carbon dioxide into multicarbon fuels and alcohols using record-low inputs of energy. The work is the latest in a round of studies tackling the challenge of a creating a clean chemical manufacturing system that can put carbon dioxide to good […]

Jul

13

Returning CO2 Back to Fuel With a New Catalyst

July 13, 2017 | 1 Comment

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit led by Prof. Julia Khusnutdinova have developed an efficient CO2 recycling catalyst based on an inexpensive and abundant metal: manganese. Manganese is the third most abundant metal in Earth’s crust after titanium and iron, and presents much lower toxicity as compared to many […]

Jun

20

Closer to Recycling CO2

June 20, 2017 | Leave a Comment

Theorists at Caltech used quantum mechanics to predict what happens at atomic scales, while experimentalists at the Berkeley Lab used X-ray studies to analyze the steps in a chemical reaction returning CO2 to a fuel. The research was started when a carbon dioxide experiment didn’t match with what theorists predicted, so the researchers went back […]

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