Bio-inspired CO<sub>2</sub>conversion by iron sulfide catalysts under sustainable conditions
Chemical CommunicationsPublished 1 January 2015Open access
Alberto Roldán, Nathan Hollingsworth, Anna Roffey, Husn-Ubayda Islam, Josephine B. M. Goodall, C. Richard A. Catlow
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It is shown that particles of greigite can reduce CO2 under ambient conditions into chemicals such as methanol, formic, acetic and pyruvic acid and lend support to the Origin of Life theory on alkaline hydrothermal vents.
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The mineral greigite presents similar surface structures to the active sites found in many modern-day enzymes. We show that particles of greigite can reduce CO2 under ambient conditions into chemicals such as methanol, formic, acetic and pyruvic acid. Our results also lend support to the Origin of Life theory on alkaline hydrothermal vents.
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