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The Bochum authors' team: Panpan Wang, Thomas Quast, Shubhadeep Chandra and Wolfgang Schuhmann (from left to right). © RUB, Marquard
Chemistry

Innovative Approach to CO₂ Reduction

In a hybrid cascade, harmful CO2 is converted back into valuable methanol. An international research team has demonstrated how this process works.

An international team of researchers, led by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann (Ruhr University Bochum) and Dr. Felipe Conzuelo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), has developed a groundbreaking hybrid catalytic cascade to convert CO2 into valuable methanol.

This innovative method combines the precision of biocatalysts with the robustness of electrocatalysis, overcoming the limitations of each approach. The findings were recently published in Angewandte Chemie (December 23, 2024).

This could be an important step toward sustainable solutions to climate challenges.

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Published
January 13th, 2025
Author
Meike Drießen (md)