Crafting new catalysts for turning CO2 into fuels and more

Dr. Chengshuang Zhao is creating new materials called "high-entropy catalysts" that can help turn carbon dioxide into useful fuels like gasoline or other hydrocarbons. These catalysts are made from multiple different elements mixed together, and they act like tiny chemical factories that speed up the process of converting CO2 waste into valuable energy products we can actually use. The process, driven by elevated temperature and pressure using CO₂ and H₂ feed gases, focuses on engineered active interfaces to optimize selectivity. This leads to an impressive 70% ethanol selectivity, with CO as the only significant byproduct. Zhou explains how this work, currently at a lab scale in a specialized reactor, demonstrates proof-of-concept potential for renewable fuel production.

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