# Engineers find a new way to convert carbon dioxide into useful products

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/engineers-find-a-new-way-to-convert-carbon-dioxide-into-useful-products/
- Published: 2024-04-01T09:45:05-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: MIT chemical engineers have shown that by using DNA to tether a catalyst (blue circles) to an electrode, they can make the conversion of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide much more efficient. Image credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT; iStock. Article by Anne Trafton. MIT News – March 27, 2024. A catalyst tethered by DNA boosts the efficiency of the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to CO, a building block for many chemical compounds. MIT chemical engineers have devised an efficient way to convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, a chemical precursor that can be used to generate useful compounds such as ethanol and other fuels. If scaled up for industrial use, this process could help to […] Click here to view original web page at news.mit.edu