Promising triazole molecular catalyst enables efficient electroreduction of carbon dioxide to methane

The efficient conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2)—one of the main compounds contributing to climate change—into useful fuels and chemicals is a long sought-after research goal. Recent studies have introduced various catalysts that could be used to initiate the so-called electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction in electrolyzers (i.e., devices that drive specific chemical reactions using electricity).