"Sunlight-Powered Recyclable Reagent Converts Carbon Monoxide to Methanol"
Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill have discovered a method to efficiently convert carbon monoxide (CO) into methanol (CH3OH) using renewable organic hydrides and sunlight. This process, powered by sunlight, occurs at room temperature and ambient pressure, and could be part of a strategy to convert atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) into easily transportable and storable liquid fuel, offering a potential solution to the challenge of CO2 emissions.