Bio-inspired CO2 conversion by iron sulfide catalysts under sustainable conditions (original) (raw)
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a Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
E-mail: n.h.deleeuw@ucl.ac.uk
b European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP220, Grenoble F38043, France
Abstract
The mineral greigite presents similar surface structures to the active sites found in many modern-day enzymes. We show that particles of greigite can reduce CO2 under ambient conditions into chemicals such as methanol, formic, acetic and pyruvic acid. Our results also lend support to the Origin of Life theory on alkaline hydrothermal vents.
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https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC02078F
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Communication
Submitted
11 Mar 2015
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24 Mar 2015
First published
24 Mar 2015
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Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 7501-7504
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Bio-inspired CO2 conversion by iron sulfide catalysts under sustainable conditions
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