Miracle powder sucks CO2 out of the air ‘like nothing else out there’

Photo caption: COF-999, shown here in its form of a yellow powder, adsorbs a huge quantity of CO2 at room temperature, and can be reused at least 100 times. Photo credit:  Zihui Zhou / UC Berkeley. Article by Abhimanyu Ghoshal. New Atlas – October 26, 2024. Source: UC Berkeley. Study: Nature.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have invented a material in powder form that adsorbs carbon dioxide with astonishing performance. Just 200 g (a little under 0.5 lb) can suck up 44 lb (20 kg) of CO2, the same as a tree does in a year. It’s called COF-999, which is short for Covalent Organic Frameworks. […]

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