The nanotube technology is developing at the fast rate and this technique includes methods which are eco friendly. This method consumes global warming causing gas that is carbon dioxide. It produces useful fuel as the bio-product. The device was first created at Pennsylvania State University. It is a useful method which uses titanium dioxide nanoparticles and ultraviolet light to convert CO2. This will form the TiO2 into nanotubes that are around 135nm wide and 40 microns long–that gives the resulting compound a dramatically increased surface area. The nanotubes are then coated with catalytic copper and platinum to increase the effectiveness of the system. Then the groups of nanotubes are exposed to sunlight, carbon dioxide and the water vapor, the solar energy then converts these gases into the mixture of organic compounds like methane, ethane and propane. The process proceeds at the faster rate at as 160 micro liters an hour per gram of nanotubes, and that’s twenty times faster than previous attempts to convert CO2 in this manner.
At a certain point in the conversion, the gasses form a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide that can be converted into diesel. Finally, the device can eat carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turn it into useful fuel. This fuel can be used to drive the methane-powered fuel cells or conventionally-powered diesel vehicles. The carbon dioxide is returned back to the atmosphere, but this can be used to reduce dependence on the fossil fuel which are depleting with their increased use. The nanotube production can be achieved easily and results in the safer and eco friendly manner.
