An international research team has used nanoparticles
to convert carbon dioxide into valuable raw materials. Scientists
at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany and the University of New
South Wales in Australia have adopted the principle from enzymes
that produce complex molecules in multi-step reactions. The team
transferred this mechanism to metallic nanoparticles, also known as
nanozymes. The chemists used carbon dioxide to produce ethanol and
propanol, which are common raw materials for the chemical
industry.
Converting carbon dioxide to valuable resources with the
help of nanoparticles
