Researchers from the University of Liverpool have made a significant breakthrough in the direct conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) into liquid fuels and chemicals which could help the industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while producing valuable chemical feedstocks.
The paper is published in journal Angewandte Chemie.
Researchers have reported a unique plasma synthesis process for the direct, one-step activation of carbon dioxide and methane into higher value liquid fuels and chemicals (eg. acetic acid, methanol, ethanol and formaldehyde) with high selectivity at ambient conditions (room temperature and atmospheric pressure).
This is the first time this process has been shown, as it is a significant challenge to directly convert these two stable and inert molecules into liquid fuels or chemicals using any single-step conventional (eg. catalysis) process bypassing high temperature, energy-intensive syngas production process and high-pressure syngas processing for chemical synthesis.
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