Rich in hydrogen, methanol can drive new-age fuel cells that could yield significant environmental benefits. Methanol – the simplest alcohol – is used to make various products, like paints and plastics, and as an additive to gasoline. The discovery may be an important step toward a methanol fuel economy with abundant methane as the feedstock, an advance that could fundamentally change how the world uses natural gas. A team of researchers from Stanford University and the University of Leuven in Belgium has further elucidated the process in a new study in the current edition of Science. ![]() ![]() A “tantalizing” principle borrowed from nature turns harmful methane into useful methanol at room temperature.
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