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Yaowei Huang1,2,3, Da Xu1, Shuai Deng4,5

  • 1Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, SUSTech Energy Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.

Nature communications
|October 16, 2024
PubMed
概括

本研究介绍了一种混合装置,通过将直接的空气捕获与电热化学过程相结合,直接从空气中生产甲燃料. 这种综合方法显著降低了能源消耗和可持续燃料生产的成本.

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