Menace of Green House gas Carbon Dioxide, converting to the useful Methane by using Electricity
Technology that is evident of sustainability is in vogue. Researchers are searching for the alternatives that boosts the environment friendly techniques which directly or indirectly prospers the mother nature. A highly-efficient cobalt terpyridine-based catalyst has been developed that can convert carbon dioxide into methane. The catalyst operates at the gas-liquid-solid interface improving efficiency, offering a way to turn a waste product into a fuel. Researchers have long sought efficient ways to convert carbon dioxide into methane to combat the climate crisis. Yet, creating the right chemical conditions has proven tricky due to the different physical states of carbon dioxide and water, as well as water’s tendency to undergo competing side reactions. Now, research from a team at the Universities of Bonn and Montreal has brought together carbon dioxide and water on a gas diffusion electrode to form methane. Instead of using energy or high pressure to begin the reaction, the research
