Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

In China, scientists from the laboratory of the Institute of Chemical Physics learned how to extract gasoline from the air with a catalyst. A special device converts carbon dioxide and hydrogen into a hydrocarbon mixture similar to gasoline.

The scientific publication Nature Communications reported on the breakthrough of Chinese scientists, although they are not pioneers in this field, but they were able to get an impressive result. A new catalyst can work in industrial conditions for a month and a half without loss of power. Scientific adviser Jian Sun believes that with the help of this discovery, mankind can avoid the fuel crisis and global warming, as the CO2 produced earlier will be completely transformed into new fuel.

Catalysts previously invented in the United States were characterized by a short service life and a large number of by-products. Chinese scientists have designed a wear-resistant catalyst using nanotechnology based on iron. The advanced device includes two types of nanoparticles, consisting of iron oxide and sodium. The first particles break the bonds of electrons in the CO2 compound and create new ones with the participation of hydrogen. The second type of nanoparticles, the so-called zeolites, participate in the creation of a long hydrocarbon chain, which eventually turns dirty air into an analogue of gasoline.

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