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(Image: Pixabay CC0) - Converting the climate-damaging CO2 into usable substances could offer an important approach to tackling the climate crisis. Promising methods have already been developed at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. A new discovery now brings industrial use within reach. Using special catalysts, Assoc. Prof. Wolfgang Schöfberger (JKU Institute of Organic Chemistry) developed a method years ago on a laboratory scale to convert CO2 into industrial alcohol. In general, the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to usable C1- and C2- building blocks (syngas(CO+H2), methanol, ethanol, formic acid or acetic acid) is already technically widespread. Suitable catalyzers are required for this.
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