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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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  1. Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Zhen Huang, Lei Zhu, Ang Li & Zhan Gao

  2. China Research Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Zhen Huang, Lei Zhu, Ang Li & Zhan Gao

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Huang, Z., Zhu, L., Li, A. et al. Renewable synthetic fuel: turning carbon dioxide back into fuel. Front. Energy 16, 145–149 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-022-0828-6

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