Nanotechnology Cleans Up the Atmosphere

11 July 2007

With all of the emphasis on the possible toxic effects of industrialized CO2 emissions, Nanotechnology is delivering solutions that enable businesses to create a cleaner environment. Nano-enabled devices will be able to detect and remove pollutants in the atmosphere, measured in the neighborhood of 3 parts per million. These pollutants not only include CO but also NO, NO2 and O3 as well.

One major contributor to CO2 emissions is electrical power plants which use goal and gas and emit carbon dioxide byproducts. Traditional ideas of cleaning up the CO2 emissions have included concepts such as sequestration, where the gas is literally quarantined away from the atmosphere. However, Nanotechnology proposes a bolder and more elegant solution: simply clean up the CO2 by converting it into carbon nanotubes

This is still a highly speculative idea, but current measurements are that the power needed to accomplish this would be minimal by comparison to other methods considered. Further, once converted, carbon nanotubes could be deposited into landfills or be exploited for engineering projects.

Nanotechnology can clean up the air indoors as well, by targeting Volcanic Organic Compounds. These VOCs are airborne pollutants found in a variety of commercial products and materials and can cause a myriad of ailments. Researchers have found, however, that a coating of manganese oxide nanofiber or nanocrystal catalysts is sufficient to filter out the VOCs from the air, rendering it clean and healthful once again.

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One Response to “Nanotechnology Cleans Up the Atmosphere”

  1. On March 12th, 2010 at 4:30 pm, happy Says:

    its actuallyy nice idea..
    i want much more information about the process of cconverting co2 to carbon nanotubes..
    can you plzz help me out..

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