RESEARCHERS AT University of Illinois Chicago(UIC)have developed an electrolysis-based system that converts nearly 100 of captured carbon dioxide(CO2)into ethylene(C2H4).Their approach involves passing an electric current through a 3D-printed aqueous flow-through electrochemical cell,half of which is filled with a water-based solution,separated by a membrane from the other half that contains captured CO2.An electrified catalyst made of copper mesh draws charged hydrogen atoms from the water molecules into the other half of the unit where they combine with charged carbon atoms from the CO2 molecules to form C2H4.
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机译：伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）的研究人员开发了一种基于电解的系统，该系统将近100%捕获的二氧化碳（CO2）转化为乙烯（C2H4）。他们的方法包括将电流通过3D打印的水流通电化学电池，其中一半充满水基溶液，由膜与另一半含有捕获的CO2隔开。由铜网制成的带电催化剂将水分子中的带电氢原子吸入单元的另一半，在那里它们与 CO2 分子中的带电碳原子结合形成 C2H4。
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