r/science Aug 06 '20

Chemistry Turning carbon dioxide into liquid fuel. Scientists have discovered a new electrocatalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) and water into ethanol with very high energy efficiency, high selectivity for the desired final product and low cost.

https://www.anl.gov/article/turning-carbon-dioxide-into-liquid-fuel
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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

Great. When can we scale it up?

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u/KuriousInu Grad Student | Chemical Engineering | Heterogeneous Catalysis Aug 06 '20

As a rule of thumb, if it's published in nature it's probably several years from scalability