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IU chemists create molecular 'leaf' that collects and stores solar power without solar panels [View all]
http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2017/03/carbon-reduction-molecule.shtml[font face=Serif][font size=5]IU chemists create molecular 'leaf' that collects and stores solar power without solar panels[/font]
[font size=4]The new molecule harvests sunlight to create useable material from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere[/font]
March 8, 2017
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[font size=3]BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An international team of scientists led by Liang-shi Li at Indiana University has achieved a new milestone in the quest to recycle carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere into carbon-neutral fuels and others materials.
The chemists have engineered a molecule that uses light or electricity to convert the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide -- a carbon-neutral fuel source -- more efficiently than any other method of "carbon reduction."
The process is reported today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
"If you can create an efficient enough molecule for this reaction, it will produce energy that is free and storable in the form of fuels," said Li, associate professor in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Chemistry. "This study is a major leap in that direction."
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[font size=4]The new molecule harvests sunlight to create useable material from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere[/font]
March 8, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
[font size=3]BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An international team of scientists led by Liang-shi Li at Indiana University has achieved a new milestone in the quest to recycle carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere into carbon-neutral fuels and others materials.
The chemists have engineered a molecule that uses light or electricity to convert the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide -- a carbon-neutral fuel source -- more efficiently than any other method of "carbon reduction."
The process is reported today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
"If you can create an efficient enough molecule for this reaction, it will produce energy that is free and storable in the form of fuels," said Li, associate professor in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Chemistry. "This study is a major leap in that direction."
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