Waste carbon dioxide was repurposed in benchtop experiments at the University of Auckland.
Waste carbon dioxide was repurposed in benchtop experiments at the University of Auckland.
Cutting-edge University of Auckland research into converting waste carbon dioxide into a potential precursor for chemicals and carbon-free fuel has featured in the leading science journal Nature.
Dr Ziyun Wang’s researchers in the School of Chemical Sciences, in collaboration with researchers at Chinese institutions, combined computational chemistry with electrochemical experiments to demonstrate a method for turning CO2 into formic acid.
In benchtop experiments, a catalyst made from waste lead-acid batteries enabled a transformation which hadn’t been possible using previous catalysts.
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Image: PhD student Ruihu Lu (left) and Ziyung Wang (Photo Credit: University of Auckland)
