Researchers at the Monash University, and the Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSRIO) in
Australia have discovered a brand new material that can be used
to efficiently capture, store, and release carbon dioxide
emissions using sunlight. The discovered material is a
photosensitive metal organic framework (MOF) which can absorb
large amounts of carbon, as much as one litre of gas in just one
gram of the material, and then release it instantly when it is
exposed to sunlight in technique known as dynamic photo-
switching. Related article: China's Smog Becoming an
International Issue The head of the research team at CSIRO, Dr
Matthew Hill, describes the dynamic photo-switching technique
rather like a sponge, in the way that a sponge can soak up lots
of water, and then easily release it as it is squeezed out.
Existing methods for carbon capture use liquid absorbers to
capture the gas. These are then heated up in order to release
the captured gas where upon it is sent into storage. The wh