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SCIENCE MAG | Ultraviolet light could provide a powerful new source of green fuel
Published: 21 February 2019
Methanol鈥攁 colourless liquid that can be made from agricultural waste鈥攈as long been touted as a green alternative to fossil fuels. But it鈥檚 toxic and only has half the energy as the same volume of gasoline. Now, Chao-Jun Li and colleagues report they鈥檝e created a potentially cheap way to use sunlight to convert methanol to ethanol, a more popular alternative fuel that鈥檚 less harmful and carries more energy.
听(by Robert F. Service)
Image: Chao-Jun Li 听(Laurie Devine/MCGILL UNIVERSITY)