The French National Research Center announced last week that the agency scientists have developed a new material called MIL-101 that can absorb a large amount of carbon dioxide gas. This material is expected to increase its ability to fight global warming.
This new material is synthesized from chromium and terephthalic acid and is a porous composite nanomaterial. The surface of the material is covered with 3.5-nm-diameter holes, so the adsorption capacity is very strong. With a volume of 1 cubic meter, MIL-101 can store 400 cubic meters of carbon dioxide at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, and today's common adsorbent material has a storage capacity of 200 cubic meters under the same conditions. This new type of material can be installed in automobiles to filter out the discharged carbon dioxide, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing greenhouse gases.
This new material is synthesized from chromium and terephthalic acid and is a porous composite nanomaterial. The surface of the material is covered with 3.5-nm-diameter holes, so the adsorption capacity is very strong. With a volume of 1 cubic meter, MIL-101 can store 400 cubic meters of carbon dioxide at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, and today's common adsorbent material has a storage capacity of 200 cubic meters under the same conditions. This new type of material can be installed in automobiles to filter out the discharged carbon dioxide, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing greenhouse gases.