Triggering artificial photosynthesis to clean air
Process produces energy at the same time
Date: April 25, 2017
Source: University of Central Florida
Summary: A chemistry professor has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all at the same time.
The process has great potential for creating a technology that could significantly reduce greenhouse
gases linked to climate change, while also creating a clean way to produce energy.
The process has great potential for creating a technology that could significantly reduce greenhouse
gases linked to climate change, while also creating a clean way to produce energy.
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Professor Fernando Uribe-Romo and his team of students created a way to trigger a chemical reaction
in a synthetic material called metal-organic frameworks (MOF) that breaks down carbon dioxide into harmless organic materials. Think of it as an artificial photosynthesis process similar to the way plants convert carbon dioxide and sunlight into food. But instead of producing food, Uribe-Romo's method produces solar fuel.
in a synthetic material called metal-organic frameworks (MOF) that breaks down carbon dioxide into harmless organic materials. Think of it as an artificial photosynthesis process similar to the way plants convert carbon dioxide and sunlight into food. But instead of producing food, Uribe-Romo's method produces solar fuel.
A chemistry professor in Florida has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all at the same time.
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