The global chemical industry sits at a crossroads. For more than a century, it has relied on fossil fuels—both as feedstock and as energy—to make the materials that underpin modern life. That system ...

In a significant advance for sustainable energy, scientists have developed a new method to convert carbon dioxide (CO 2) into formate, a valuable chemical, through a solar-driven process. This ...

"Carbon dioxide as a resource" and "hydrogen energy utilization" are considered to be the most practical measures to realize carbon neutrality. However, technological innovation is essential for them ...

Researchers have found that manganese, an abundant and inexpensive metal, can be used to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into formate, a potential hydrogen source for fuel cells. The key was a ...

A research team from the International Research Center for Renewable Energy at Xi’an Jiaotong University recently published a study in eScience. This study presents the development of a heterojunction ...