Process Holds Promise for Production of Synthetic Gasoline from Carbon Dioxide

A chemical system developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago can efficiently perform the first step in the process of creating syngas, gasoline and other energy-rich products out of carbon dioxide.

A novel “co-catalyst” system using inexpensive, easy to fabricate carbon-based nanofiber materials efficiently converts carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, a useful starting-material for synthesizing fuels. The findings have been published online in advance of print in the journal Nature Communications.

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UIC researchers Amin Salehi-Khojin (seated), Bijandra Kumar and Mohammad Asadi. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin/UIC Photo Services