Archive · 9 Jan 2026

IIT-G Develops Sunlight-Driven Catalyst for CO2 to Methanol

IIT-G Develops Sunlight-Driven Catalyst for CO2 to Methanol

Scientists at IIT Guwahati have created a special material that uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide, a gas that harms the environment, into methanol, a cleaner fuel.

This new technology could help factories and power plants reduce their pollution.

The researchers mixed two materials together to make the catalyst work better and last longer.

They found that adding a small amount of graphene, a type of carbon, made the catalyst the most effective.

The next step is to make this technology big enough to use in real-world situations, like converting the CO2 from factories into clean fuels.

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