Researchers find new material for CO2 storage

摘要

Research led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist Xiao Cheng Zeng has led to the discovery of a new material that could have applications to CO2 storage. At first glance, there wouldn't seem to be much of a connection between dry ice and quartz. But in scientific terms, they are actually quite close as they are oxides of the first two elements in a chemical group in the periodic table (Group IV) - carbon for dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) and silicon for quartz.