Ethyl barasa kai tsaye daga carbon dioxide
Masana kimiyya a Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Oak Ridge National Laboratory a Amurka sun kirkiro wani tsari na fasaha don canza carbon dioxide zuwa barasa ethyl, watau ethanol, ta amfani da carbon da nanoparticles na jan karfe. Masu binciken sun yi amfani da sinadarin carbon-nitrogen-Copper mai kara kuzari wanda aka yi amfani da wutar lantarki don haifar da halayen sinadarai don sauya tsarin konewa. Bayyanar barasa a cikin tsari ya zo da mamaki, tun da yake da wuya a iya tashi daga carbon dioxide zuwa ethanol ta amfani da mai kara kuzari guda ɗaya.
Tare da taimakon nanotechnology na tushen mai kara kuzari, an canza maganin carbon dioxide a cikin ruwa zuwa ethanol tare da yawan amfanin ƙasa na 63%. Yawanci, irin wannan nau'in halayen lantarki yana haifar da cakuda samfurori daban-daban a cikin ƙananan yawa. Tunda catalysis yana da ƙanƙanta kuma a zahiri babu halayen gefe, ethanol cikakke ne. Ana iya amfani da shi don samar da wutar lantarki. Kuma babban amfani da wannan hanya shine cewa dukkanin tsari yana faruwa a dakin da zafin jiki.
Ƙirƙirar mai kara kuzari ta dogara ne akan tsarinta na nanoscale, wanda ya ƙunshi nanoparticles na jan karfe da aka saka a cikin wani wuri mai kauri, mai kauri. Binciken farko na masana kimiyya ya nuna cewa ƙwaƙƙwaran saman mai kara kuzari yana samar da isassun halayen gefe don sauƙaƙe jujjuyawar carbon dioxide zuwa ethanol. Wannan hanya za ta iya kawar da amfani da karafa masu tsada da ba safai ba irin su platinum, wanda ke iyakance tasirin abubuwa da yawa. Masana kimiyya suna shirin ƙarin bincike a wannan yanki don haɓakawa da haɓaka samarwa da fahimtar kaddarorin da halayen mai haɓakawa.
