Solar Cells converts Co2 into hydrocarbon fuel

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Simulated sunlight powers a solar cell that converts atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into syngas.
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have engineered a potentially game-changing solar cell that cheaply and efficiently converts atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into usable hydrocarbon fuel, using only sunlight for energy.
This holds out the possibility of reversing CO2-based man-made climate change and of replacing obsolete fossil fuels with a sustainable process that reuses CO2 as a fuel component.

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