The new technology uses a type of carbon called graphene that has been engineered to behave like carbon dioxide.
But the process is not yet a commercial product.
Instead, it relies on a catalyst called CO2 nanotubes that have been grown on a special carbon substrate.
The nanotube layer, which can be as thin as 1 nanometer, is attached to the surface of a copper electrode and forms a layer of carbon atoms that forms a bond with oxygen in the CO2.
The nanotubes are chemically and physically distinct from the carbon dioxide molecules that make up most CO2 in the atmosphere.
In this way, they can be made to emit photons that can pass through a metal catalyst, forming an electron tunnel.
In other words, graphene is essentially an electron-trap, which is how electricity works.
The electrons in the graphene tunnel are released and then react with the metal to create energy, but the electrons that were trapped by the carbon molecules remain trapped.
The researchers believe this process is the same for any metal or carbon-based material.
This means the technology can be used to make a variety of materials, including photocatalysis, which converts a chemical substance into an electrical energy.
“We can produce graphene in a variety or composite of different materials,” said Professor Roberta Schoebeler, the head of the carbon nanotuberation group at Princeton University.
The research team, which includes researchers from China and Japan, published its findings in the journal Science on Wednesday.
In order to create the graphene-to-electron tunnel process, the researchers have developed a process called anodes, which uses electrons to form a ring that then becomes a semiconductor.
Anodes also work by splitting a material into smaller pieces called atoms.
These smaller pieces can then be used in a different process called a dipole reaction, which forms graphene into a new structure.
“This is how it works, essentially,” said study co-author Dr. David Bischoff, an associate professor of materials science and engineering at Princeton.
The process has been shown to be efficient, but not nearly as fast as a process using a metal nanotutube.
“The copper electrode needs a very long time to reach the metal surface, so you have to keep moving the electron beam at high speed in order to get the material to the metal,” said Bischof.
In the past, the carbon catalyst has been used to produce electricity, but in recent years, the technology has been replaced by another, more powerful electron trap called carbon nanofibers, or CNTs.CNTs are not the only way to make photocatasics, but they are among the most promising because they have the potential to become cheap, reliable, and long-lasting.
They can be easily fabricated using materials that can be fabricated in small amounts, and they are highly flexible.
The new carbon nanomaterial, by contrast, is extremely thin, and the process requires a huge amount of energy to produce it.
“The technology has to be incredibly efficient and not very expensive, which has to happen with all the other processes,” said Schoemeler.
The new process could also potentially be a game-changer for the development of other materials that require very little energy.
The scientists are also developing a method for using graphene in the production of an electrode that can also be used for photocatassics.