Renewable synthetic fuel: turning carbon dioxide back into fuel

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Strategic Consulting Project of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (No. 2021-XZ-19) and the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (No. 21DZ1206400).

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