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Copper-studded catalyst turns pollutant into potent fuel

Nanoparticles bristling with copper atoms convert carbon dioxide into an alcohol that can be used in fuel cells.
Black and white scanning electron microscopy image of a sample from the experiment

Knobs of copper protrude from the surface of ceramic nanoparticles, which catalysed a reaction yielding the fuel methanol. Credit: Z. Jiang et al./Chem Catal.

Tiny ceramic crystals can be transformed into a catalyst that helps to turn carbon dioxide into a widely used industrial feedstock1.

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Nature 614, 199 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00227-6

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  1. Jiang, Z. et al. Chem. Catal. 3, 100507 (2023).

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