I am not sure if we are talking about the same. Here is the one I meant https://www.ted.com/talks/two_young_scientists_break_down_plastics_with_bacteria/transcript
Cheers!I actually linked an article above where they state the use of ZnAl and copper-copperoxide catalysts to produce ethanol in a one step synthesis. That sounds very intriguing. Here is the article http://pubs.acs.org.ezproxy.samford.edu/doi/10.1021/jp502828c
Oh! I guess the one I saw previously is this
I just quickly go through the acs paper and it seems more like a theoretical one to me. They seems not show the catalyst loading and the turn over number (seems not in the SI as well). I am not an expert in catalysis so I cant comment too much, but I still think this is really a “hot field” in the coming decades ~
No that one specific paper is only showing that it is possible. I linked another one in the post where they reported 83% efficiency. Though, I have to admit I did not read it in its entirety (after all, I only got so much time during the day). Yeah it will be interesting. My interest right now tends more in the direction of instrumentation, and nanotech. Dude, I really appreciate your interest and contribution! I sadly can only give one upvote...
Cheers!
This is the one i came across sometime ago but is quite impressive. Although using ruthenium catalyst, it is capable to do CO2 reduction (personally I think this is a pretty nice yet difficult to do CO2 reduction to give useful materials) with high TON. Just put the link here if you are interested
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201500939/abstract
Enjoy :D
That is also very promising. I am sure that these efforts will yield some very interesting procedures and applications. Cheers!