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Shear genius: Researchers find way to Scale up Wonder Material, which could do wonders for the Earth

A factory with smoke coming out of it
Many industries use carbon capture to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, which has little commercial value. However, with minimal energy input, using electricity to catalyze a reaction, MOF-525 can convert the captured CO2 to carbon monoxide — a chemical that is valuable in manufacturing.

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science have figured out how to take a miracle material, one capable of extracting value from captured carbon dioxide, and do what no one else has: make it practical to fabricate for large-scale application.

The breakthrough from chemical engineering assistant professor Gaurav “Gino” Giri’s lab group has implications for the cleanup of the greenhouse gas, a major contributor to the climate change dilemma...

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