Taking the pressure off catalytic carbon dioxide conversion
Chemists obtain formate from carbon dioxide at atmospheric pressure without using hydrogen gas
Every year we release around 37 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. More than half will never be absorbed by plants or the sea, and only 1% gets recycled into useful chemicals and fuels. Now, researchers in India have come up with a new catalytic process that could be a game-changer in turning carbon dioxide into our main carbon feedstock.1 They have discovered a new way to transform carbon dioxide into formate that works at atmospheric pressure and without needing hydrogen gas.