Harvesting electricity from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 13:30 in Physics & Chemistry

A new method for producing electricity from carbon dioxide could be the start of a classic trash-to-treasure story for the troublesome greenhouse gas, scientists are reporting. Described in an article in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters, the method uses CO2 from electric power plant and other smokestacks as the raw material for making electricity.

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