Argonne team finds copper cluster catalyst effective for low-pressure conversion of CO2 to methanol with high activity

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By mmillikinAug 7, 2015, 5:56 pm303 pts
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new material to catalyze the conversion of CO2 via hydrogenation to methanol (CH3OH): size-selected Cu4 clusters—clusters of four copper atoms each, called tetramers—supported on Al2O3 thin films. In a study published in the Journal of the…

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