Graphene filter cheaply and efficiently captures carbon from the air

Chemical engineers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have developed a graphene filter for

carbon capture.According to their calculations, it is more effective than almost all commercial capture technologies on the market. The cost of the process is only $30 per ton of carbon dioxide.

The researchers noted that in this way they cantackle the main culprit of global warming - the huge amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels and the production of steel and cement. The new process can capture waste carbon dioxide, transport it to storage, and then store it in a location where it cannot be released into the atmosphere.

In Korea, they created a solar panel that can be rolled up

Especially for this, scientists have developedenergy efficient carbon dioxide filter. This membrane can extract carbon dioxide from the mixture, which can then either be stored or converted into useful chemicals.

For this, the researchers presented the thinnestin the world a graphene filter. But a graphene filter is not only the thinnest, it can also separate carbon dioxide from a mixture of gases that are part of industrial emissions, but do not harm the Earth's atmosphere. However, the filter can do this with an efficiency and speed that surpasses most modern filters.

See also:

Physicists have created an analogue of a black hole and confirmed Hawking's theory. Where it leads?

Abortion and science: what will happen to the children who will give birth

Scientists have discovered the speed limit in the quantum world