Scientific discovery offers ’green’ solution in fight against greenhouse gases

A low-cost new material that could lead to innovative technologies to tackle global warming has been discovered by scientists at The University of Nottingham. The porous material, named NOTT-300, has the potential to reduce fossil fuel emissions through the cheaper and more efficient capture of polluting gases such as carbon dioxide (CO₂) and sulphur dioxide (SO₂). The research, published in the scientific , demonstrates how the exciting properties of NOTT-300 could provide a greener alternative to existing solutions to adsorb CO₂ which are expensive and use large amounts of energy. The new material represents a major step towards addressing the challenges of developing a low carbon economy , which seeks to produce energy using low carbon sources and methods. Potential applications Professor Martin Schröder , Dean of the Faculty of Science at The University of Nottingham, led the research. He said: "Our novel material has potential for applications in carbon capture technologies to reduce CO₂ emissions and therefore contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. "It offers the opportunity for the development of an 'easy on/easy off' capture system that carries fewer economic and environmental penalties than existing technologies.