UC researchers make clean biofuels from CO2

A group of researchers from the University of Cambridge (UC) have developed a solar-powered reactor that converts captured CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and other valuable chemical products.

In tests, CO2 was converted into syngas, a key building block for sustainable liquid fuels, and plastic bottles were converted into glycolic acid, which is widely used in the cosmetics industry, according to the report.

Although improvements are needed before this technology can be used at an industrial scale, the results of the tests represent another important step toward the production of clean fuels, the report adds.