„Mikrowellen zerlegen Treibhausgas“ - KIT WissenschaftlerInnen setzen auf Plasmatechnologie zur effizienten Erzeugung von synthetischen Kraftstoffen aus CO2 - Campus-Report am 09.03.2021

We have to reduce our CO2 emissions to zero by 2050. A tremendous effort. But even this will not be enough if we want to prevent the climate catastrophe. In addition, billions of tons of the greenhouse gas already in the atmosphere have to be filtered out again. You can do that by planting new forests. The huge areas required for this are then lacking for the cultivation of food. Scientists are therefore working feverishly on filter technologies to separate the CO2 directly from the air and break it down into its components. At the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, experiments are being carried out with the use of pulsating microwaves in order to convert the CO2 into climate-neutral fuels with the help of solar or wind energy.