From CO2 directly to ethanol via photo-voltaic technology

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new electrocatalyst that can directly convert CO₂ into multicarbon fuels and alcohols using record-low inputs of energy. This was announced in a news release published on 18 September 2017. Many systems have successfully reduced CO₂ to chemical and fuel precursors. This is the first study to successfully demonstrate the approach of going from CO₂ directly to target products, namely ethanol and ethylene. An article about the research is published in PNAS.
These and other technologies relevant to packaging are referenced in the NVC project PUMA: ending packaging as an environmental issue.
Click here for the news release.
Click here for an abstract of the published article.
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