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converting-co2-into-useful-fuels-and-chemicals
converting-co2-into-useful-fuels-and-chemicals

Converting CO2 into useful fuels and chemicals

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A team of researchers at Brown University have found a method to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into complex hydrocarbon products by using a new catalyst that could help carbon recycling efforts.

In a study published in Nature Communications, the researchers report a catalyst that can produce C2 plus compounds with up to 72% faradaic efficiency (a measure of how efficiently electrical energy is used to convert carbon dioxide into chemical reaction products).

According the researchers, their findings are better than reported efficiencies of other catalysts for C2. The researchers also said that the preparation process can be scaled up to an industrial level fairly easily, giving the new catalyst potential for large scale carbon recycling.

“There has been reports in the literature of all kinds of different treatments for copper that could produce there C2-plus with a range of different efficiencies,” said Tayhas Palmore Professor of Engineering at Brown and Co-Author of the paper. 

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