Work Package 1

This work package is working on the crucial first step of our project, which is the electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to formic acid. In terms of energy conservation, simplicity and stability, activating CO₂ is more efficient using chemical methods (rather than biochemical methods). We will develop an electrolyser, in which CO₂ is reduced to formic acid and water is oxidised to oxygen. Our first priority will be to reduce CO₂ under acidic conditions, so that the final product, the formic acid, remains stable, or as we say "undissociated".