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‘Artificial leaf’ turns CO2 into fuel, Petroleum Review, November 2019, p 5

In Canada, the University of Waterloo has devised an ‘artificial leaf’ comprising a red cuprous oxide powder produced from glucose, copper acetate, sodium hydroxide and sodium dodecyl sulphate added to heated water into which CO2 is blown under a white light, resulting in methanol and oxygen. 

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Journal title: Petroleum Review

Keywords: 5 General transport fuels technology - 5.2 Fuel synthesis

Subjects: Carbon dioxide

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