Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a method for converting carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels without producing any undesired by-products or waste.
The research team previously demonstrated that biological catalysts could produce clean fuels from renewable energy sources, but at a low efficiency. But their latest breakthrough increased fuel production efficiency by 18 times in a laboratory setting, indicating that carbon emissions may be efficiently converted into green fuels without wasting energy.
Most carbon dioxide to fuel conversion processes yield undesirable by-products such as hydrogen. Although scientists can change the chemical conditions to limit hydrogen formation, this affects carbon dioxide conversion performance, resulting in cleaner fuel at the expense of efficiency.
