Researchers Say Silver, Gold. Copper Crucial to Carbon Capture Efforts
Chemists at Tsinghua University have designed a nanoscale structure that combines silver, gold and copper to work as a catalyst in a reaction where the performance will be important if efforts to capture carbon in order to help moderate global warming are a success. The researchers explained that they placed their focus on the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction, which is a chemical reaction that uses electricity to power the conversion of gas into other useful substances through the separation of carbon dioxide’s carbon atoms from oxygen atoms. The key to the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction is using the right chemical…
