Copper Catalyst Yields High Efficiency CO2-to-Fuels Conversion
(World News USA)

Scientists at the Department of Energy`s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) 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 coming out of Berkeley Lab tackling the challenge of creating a clean chemical manufacturing system that can put carbon dioxide to good use. Schematic of a new catalyst made of copper nanoparticles that converts carbon dioxide to multicarbon products (ethylene, ethanol, and propanol). At top left are scanning electron microscope images of the copper nanoparticles. The transformation of the nanoparticles from...