A team of scientists from Massachusetts Institute (MIT) has developed a process to convert CO2 - the planet's primary warming agent —- into a powdery, harmless fuel that could be converted into clean electricity.
Researchers at MIT exposed CO2 to catalysts and then electrolysis, turning the gas into a powder called sodium formate, which can be safely stored.The MIT process gets closer to an ambitious dream: turning captured CO2 into a feedstock for clean fuel that replaces conventional batteries. A refrigerator-sized fuel cell has also been developed as the next stage.
Hopefully more to come on this breakthrough.
Enouraging early dats.
Clearly the process to create the end product needs to reveal the life-cycle steps. What energy and materials are needed? At scale what does that mean in terms of intended or unintended side products and ir effects?
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