Nanostructured Metal-Oxide Catalyst Efficiently Converts CO2 to Methanol
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 14:02
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new catalytic system for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) to methanol-a key commodity used to create a wide range of industrial chemicals and fuels. With significantly higher activity than other catalysts now in use, the new system could make it easier to get normally unreactive CO2 to participate in these reactions.