Making Oxygen from Carbon Dioxide (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Making Oxygen from Carbon Dioxide

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New work from UC Davis shows that carbon dioxide can be split by vacuum ultraviolet laser to create oxygen in one step. The discovery may change how we think about the evolution of atmospheres.

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Zhou Lu, UC Davis

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