Academia Sinica researchers have discovered a way to capture carbon dioxide without using a living organism, offering a more flexible and efficient approach to removing carbon dioxide from the air.
The study published on Feb. 23 in the journal Nature Catalysis is the result of seven years of research and development, the national academy announced yesterday.
At present, biological methods are the most effective way to reduce carbon dioxide at scale by fixing carbon in cells as organisms grow, Academia Sinica said.
As photosynthesis can be slow, the researchers investigated a nonbiological way of sequestering carbon, which could theoretically then be converted into