Researchers have used liquid metals to turn carbon dioxide back into solid coal, in a world-first breakthrough that could transform our approach to carbon capture and storage.
The research team led by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a new technique that can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particles of carbon.
Published in the journal Nature Communications, the research offers an alternative pathway for safely and permanently removing the greenhouse gas from our atmosphere.
Current technologies for carbon capture and storage focus on compressing CO2 into a liquid form, transporting it to a suitable site and injecting it underground.
(Score: 3, Informative) by HiThere on Thursday February 28 2019, @05:41PM
IIUC, while diamonds are not horrendous to synthesize, the process is still quite energy intensive.
OTOH, what the should do is turn the CO2 into sheets of graphene. Now *that's* valuable. And shouldn't be too energy intensive once you work out the bugs.
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