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. 2020 Jan 20;216(1):9. doi: 10.1007/s11214-020-0635-5

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

Reduction of CO2 by H2 across Fe(Ni)S barriers within an alkaline hydrothermal vent. (A) Electrons can theoretically be transferred across semiconducting barriers containing Fe(Ni)S minerals from H2 in alkaline hydrothermal solutions to CO2 in relatively acidic ocean waters to form organics. (BC) Organics formed would not get lost to the ocean as the microporous structure (Deborah Kelley, University of Washington) could foster their accumulation due to thermophoresis. Recast from Lane (2017)