Liverpool has developed an effective polymer to capture greenhouse gas

British chemists have developed an inexpensive material that absorbs a significant proportion of carbon dioxide.

Unlike other species, this benzene material is capable of capturing CO2 in wet and acidic conditions. The researchers believe that the high absorbency of crosslinked benzene could be used to collect CO2 at various power plants. Andrey Cooper’s team at the University of Liverpool has developed a new polymer using Friedel-Crafts alkylation to cross-link benzene with formaldehyde with dimethylformamide. The resulting material looks like a hard, brown and extremely porous piece of plastic. In dry conditions, the material can take 15.32 mmol CO2 per gram, which is significantly more than other solid carbon-capturing materials. The main drawback for the material is that its ability is superior to other materials only at high pressures.

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