Archive · 21 May 2025
India, Taiwan Team Up on Solar Tech to Convert Carbon Emissions
Imagine the air has too much of a bad gas called carbon dioxide, like the air after you breathe out.
Scientists from India and Taiwan made a special tool that uses sunlight to clean up this bad gas.
They built a special material that's like a tiny factory.
When sunlight shines on it, this factory turns the bad gas into a useful liquid that can be used to make fuel, like for cars or planes.
It's like magic, but it's science!
This new way of cleaning up air is much better than the old ways.
It’s like making trash into treasure, helping the planet, and making clean energy.
HITS and National Taiwan University have developed a photocatalytic system.
The system uses sunlight to convert CO2 into renewable fuels like acetaldehyde.
The ZnS/ZnInS heterostructure photocatalyst was created using a one-pot hydrothermal method.
The new system boosts efficiency by 200 times compared to older ZnS-based systems.
The innovation supports multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Who
- Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS), Chennai, and National Taiwan University researchers.
- What
- A photocatalytic system that uses sunlight to convert CO2 into renewable fuels.
- When
- Published May 21, 2025.
- Where
- Research was conducted at Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS) in collaboration with National Taiwan University.
- Why
- To reduce CO2, a major greenhouse gas, and convert it into valuable fuels.
- Collaborating Institutions
- Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS), National Taiwan University
- Technology
- Photocatalytic system (ZnS/ZnInS heterostructure)
- Goal
- Convert CO2 into renewable fuels
- Output
- Acetaldehyde
- Efficiency Improvement
- 200x increase
- Method
- Strain-induced direct Z-scheme
- Publication
- Nano Energy
- UN SDG support
- Affordable and Clean Energy, Climate Action, Industry Innovation, Responsible Consumption