Sustainable room-temperature, water-driven conversion of CO₂ to graphitic carbon quantum dots on electride electrodes

Key Points

• The research aims to develop a sustainable method for converting CO₂ into valuable solid carbon products.
• Utilized electride electrodes for CO₂ reduction.
• Applied water-driven processes for conversion.
• Focused on thermodynamically feasible pathways for solid carbon production.
• Successfully converted CO₂ to graphitic carbon quantum dots.
• Achieved permanent sequestration of carbon.
• Demonstrated economic utility of the produced solid carbon.