Nano-sponges of solid acid transform carbon dioxide to fuel and plastic waste to chemicals

The primary cause of climate change is atmospheric CO2, and levels are rising every day. There is, therefore, a great need to find ways to reduce CO2 levels. On other hand, an excessive amount of plastic waste has become a serious environmental problem. In this work, published in Nature Communications, researchers dealt with both problems at one stroke, by developing nano solid acids that transform CO2 directly to fuel (dimethyl ether) and plastic waste to chemicals (hydrocarbons).

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