The new solution could, for example, turn cars with internal combustion engines into environmentally friendly
The authors used a pilot plant with a volume of twoliter - it is based on physical and chemical processes associated with passing carbon dioxide through gallium - this is a light metal that melts at a temperature of about 30 ° C. This metal in liquid form, as well as its nanoparticles, are added to the mixture. In addition, the composition contains nanometer-sized silver rods.
Further, according to the authors, the mixture is activelymixed, as a result, triboelectrochemical reactions are formed - this is when substances in a liquid state, due to the friction force, begin to interact more actively with the surfaces of solid fillers.
The researchers say that their installation inOver the course of a month, it consistently produced 100 ml of CO2 every minute. It took only 230 kWh of electricity to convert a ton of CO2 into pure oxygen and solid carbon, which is about $100.
The developers note that their installation operates with 92% efficiency. As a result of its work, carbon is formed in the mixture in the form of flakes and floats to the surface, from where it can be easily removed.
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