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Researchers have transformed CO2 into sustainable fuel by shining sunlight on a light-activated material.

A team of researchers has designed a new material made up of copper anchored on nanocrystalline carbon nitride.

Copper atoms are nested within the nanocrystalline structure, allowing electrons to move from carbon nitride to CO2. This is an essential step in producing the sustainable fuel –  methanol – from CO2 under the influence of solar irradiation.