Climate change, depletion of natural resources, extinction of species, plastic pollution, deforestation, etc. are all getting worse as a result of human population growth.

One of the primary contributors to the escalation of global temperatures is carbon dioxide (CO2). That’s why there’s a technique called “artificial photosynthesis (photo-reduction of CO2)” that, like plants, uses CO2, water, and solar energy to create organic raw materials for fuels and chemicals. Since CO2 is used in the manufacturing of energy and chemicals, its emissions can be cut while doing so. As a result, artificial photosynthesis has been hailed as a potentially game-changing development in environmentally friendly technology.

MOFs (Metal Organic Frameworks) are the highly porous material made of inorganic metal cluster and organic linker. They can be controlled in molecular level at nanometer range with large surface area. These properties make MOF useful in a wide variety of fields, including gas storage, separation, metal absorption, catalysis, drug delivery, water treatment, sensor, electrode, filter, etc. As of late, it has come to light that MOF has the ability to capture carbon dioxide and can generate organic compounds via CO2 photo reduction, a process that amounts to artificial photosynthesis.

Source: Prnewswire