Singapore team pioneers low-cost method for converting CO2 into ethanol

In Singapore, a research team at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology said that they have developed a technique to produce ethanol from carbon dioxide using N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), an organocatalyst, and a combination of silica and hydrogen.

The research team said that methanol can also be produced from the process, which would replace previous technologies for producing useful energies from CO2, which have proven commercially unfeasible.

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