Engineers unveil large scale CO2 conversion system
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Scientists have developed a stackable copper catalyst that efficiently converts CO2 into ethylene and ethanol. Photo by Korea Institute of Science and Technology
April 7 (UPI) Technologies designed to convert CO2 into biofuels and useful chemicals have mostly been confined to the laboratory, limited in their scale and efficiency until now.
Engineers in South Korea have developed a large-scale electrochemical CO2 conversion system, as well as a scalable method for producing the catalyst.
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The new sea urchin-shaped nano copper catalyst electrode described Wednesday in the journal Nano Energy is able to convert CO2 into large quantities of ethylene, a hydrocarbon used to make plastics, synthetic rubber and common materials.
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