Science Daily  May 3, 2023 About 90% of the acetic acid market is for feedstock in the manufacture of paints, coatings, adhesives, and other products. Production at this scale is primarily derived from methanol, which comes from fossil fuels. An international team of researchers (China, Canada, New Zealand, USA – Northwestern University) has created acetic acid out of carbon monoxide derived from captured carbon. Their process consisted of capturing CO2 and passing it through an electrolyzer where it reacted with water and electrons to form carbon monoxide. Gaseous CO was then passed through a second electrolyzer, where another catalyst transformed […]