Most electrochemical CO2 reduction research has been confined to fundamental studies that attempt to understand how to overcome low selectivity and energy efficiency for valuable oxygenated products. Now, a modular, scalable system generates multi-carbon oxygenates with a potential solar-to-alcohol efficiency of more than 8%.
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Creel, E.B., McCloskey, B.D. Scalable CO2-to-oxygenate production. Nat Catal 1, 6–7 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-017-0011-3
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