Scientists have developed a method to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into methanol using electricity and a novel catalyst, providing insights that could revolutionize catalytic processes and alternative fuel production.
A study has revealed a more efficient method for creating methanol.
For years, chemists have been striving to synthesize valuable materials from waste molecules. Now, an international team of scientists is investigating how electricity can simplify this process.
In their study, recently published in Nature Catalysis, researchers demonstrated that carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, can be converted into a type of liquid fuel called methanol in a highly efficient manner.
This process happened by taking cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) molecules and spreading them evenly on carbon nanotubes, DOI: 10.1038/s41929-024-01190-9
Co-authors include Conor L. Rooney and Hailiang Wang from
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