MOF Aluminum Formate (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

MOF Aluminum Formate

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Exhaust from coal-fired power plants, at left, contain large quantities of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (purple tripartite molecules). Aluminum formate, a metal-organic framework whose structure is highlighted at right, can selectively capture carbon dioxide from dried flue gas conditions, potentially at a fraction of the cost of using other carbon filtration materials.

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B. Hayes / NIST

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