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On 19 November 2016 at 10:42, Hsin Hui Lin [email protected] [GELORA45] < [email protected]> wrote: > > > *Scientists Accidentally Discovered an Efficient Process to Turn CO2 Into > Ethanol* > > Whoops! Figured out how to help revert climate change! > > 17 Nov.2016 > > Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have discovered > a chemical reaction > <https://www.ornl.gov/news/nano-spike-catalysts-convert-carbon-dioxide-directly-ethanol> > to > turn CO2 into ethanol, potentially creating a new technology to help avert > climate change. Their findings were published in the journal > <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.201601169/full>*ChemistrySelect > <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.201601169/full>*. > > The researchers were attempting to find a series of chemical reactions > that could turn CO2 into a useful fuel, when they realized the first step > in their process managed to do it all by itself. The reaction turns CO2 > into ethanol, which could in turn be used to power generators and vehicles. > > The tech involves a new combination of copper and carbon arranged into > nanospikes on a silicon surface. The nanotechnology allows the reactions to > be very precise, with very few contaminants. > > "By using common materials, but arranging them with nanotechnology, we > figured out how to limit the side reactions and end up with the one thing > that we want," said Adam Rondinone. > > This process has several advantages when compared to other methods of > converting CO2 into fuel > <http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/news/a21218/bionic-leaf-turns-co2-back-into-fuel/>. > The reaction uses common materials like copper and carbon, and it converts > the CO2 into ethanol, which is already widely used as a fuel. > > Perhaps most importantly, it works at room temperature, which means that > it can be started and stopped easily and with little energy cost. This > means that this conversion process could be used as temporary energy > storage during a lull in renewable energy generation, smoothing out > fluctuations > in a renewable energy grid > <http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a13111/theres-one-problem-with-denmarks-100-percent-renewable-energy-plan-17415065/> > . > > "A process like this would allow you to consume extra electricity when > it's available to make and store as ethanol," said Rondinone. "This could > help to balance a grid supplied by intermittent renewable sources." > > The researchers plan to further study this process and try and make it > more efficient. If they're successful, we just might see large-scale carbon > capture using this technique in the near future. > > (H/T Oak Ridge National Laboratory > <https://www.ornl.gov/news/nano-spike-catalysts-convert-carbon-dioxide-directly-ethanol> > via New Atlas > <http://newatlas.com/co2-ethanol-nanoparticle-conversion-ornl/45920/>) > > *From: *Popular Mechanics > <http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a23417/convert-co2-into-ethanol/> > > >
