![ORNL’s Yang Song, seated, Dale Hensley, standing left, and Adam Rondinone examine a carbon nanospike sample with a scanning electron microscope. (ORNL photo by Genevieve Martin) ORNL’s Yang Song, seated, Dale Hensley, standing left, and Adam Rondinone examine a carbon nanospike sample with a scanning electron microscope. (ORNL photo by Genevieve Martin)](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2016-P05216.jpg?itok=gPJ6UD8Z)
In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, ORNL scientists have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol.
In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, ORNL scientists have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol.