In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions, a UCF researcher has developed a new technology that captures carbon dioxide and outputs useful fuels and chemicals.
In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions, a UCF researcher has developed a new technology that captures carbon dioxide and outputs useful fuels and chemicals.
Yang Yang, an associate professor in UCF’s NanoScience Technology Center, created an innovative device that captures carbon dioxide with a microsurface comprised of a tin oxide film and fluorine layer. The device then extracts gaseous carbon dioxide via a bubbling electrode and selectively converts the gases into carbon monoxide and formic acid, which are important raw materials for manufacturing chemicals.
This technology, detailed in a recent study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, aims to reduce humanity’s carbon footprint sustainably while addressing the need to produce alternative energy.
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Yang Yang, an associate professor in UCF’s NanoScience Technology Center, works with a device that helped develop his triple-phase device that captures and converts carbon dioxide. (Photo Credit: Antoine Hart)
