Artificial Photosynthesis Process Promises Highly Selective Carbon Dioxide Reduction

Process offers way to produce alternative fuels

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Schematic of a spongy nickel-organic photocatalyst converting carbon dioxide exclusively into carbon monoxide, which can further be converted to high-value liquid fuel through visible light-induced photocatalysis.
Schematic of a spongy nickel-organic photocatalyst converting carbon dioxide exclusively into carbon monoxide, which can further be converted to high-value liquid fuel through visible light-induced photocatalysis.
Illustration: Kaiyang Niu and Haimei Zheng/Berkeley Lab