<span style="color: #222222;">Scientists from the University of Connecticut in the US have found a novel catalyst that breaks down carbon dioxide into useful chemicals faster, cheaper, and more efficiently than the standard method.<br />”<br />”Researchers said extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is changing the planet's climate, and many chemists are working on efficient ways to turn it into other useful products.<br />”<br />”They, however, noted that carbon dioxide's stability makes this tough. It is hard to get the molecule to react with anything else.<br />”<br />”They said the best existing technique to electrochemically break carbon dioxide into pieces that will chemically react uses a catalyst made of platinum, which is a rare, expensive metal.</span><br />