Chemists of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, have found a method for the direct conversion of CO2 into gasoline. The conversion of CO2 into gasoline was already possible in three separate catalytic reactions, but the Chinese Chemists now have been able to combine the three catalytic properties in one “multifunctional” catalyst. The results were published by Nature Communications on May 2, 2017.
Bert Weckhuysen: “This catalyst is promising. It is a step forward in the conversion of CO2 into other valuable materials.”
- The full-article-in-NRC of May 6-7, 2017 (by Dorine Schenk).
- The publication: “Directly converting CO2 into a gasoline fuel”, Wei, J. et al., Nat. Commun. 8, 15174, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15174 (2017)