New Device Turns Carbon Pollution Into a Useful Chemical

New Device Turns Carbon Pollution Into a Useful Chemical

Air pollution by brick factories. Credit: Janak Bhatta / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Pollution from home furnaces, fireplaces, and industrial plants releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the air every day. The gas is a major contributor to climate change, yet once it enters the atmosphere, it becomes difficult and costly to capture. Now, researchers say they have developed a new technology that could help address the problem closer …

Researchers in South Korea have developed a new electrode capable of capturing carbon dioxide directly from exhaust gases and converting it into formic acid in a single step, an advancement that could simplify industrial carbon recycling.