Copper Catalyst (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Copper Catalyst

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Researchers at Berkeley Lab and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis have demonstrated that recycling carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals such as ethylene and propanol, and fuels such as ethanol, can be economical and efficient -- all through product-specific 'active sites' on a single copper catalyst.

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Joel Ager and Yanwei Lum/Berkeley Lab

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Credit Joel Ager and Yanwei Lum/Berkeley Lab

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