Converting CO2 gas into solid form using solar energy

The world is finding more and more uses for solar energy today, more than even those the sun himself would every dream of. Exploiting the sun of its generousness seems to be the best way to power up our lives today. Solar energy will now be used to clear up the air too, helping out our green leafed friends with the process of ridding the atmosphere of CO2. Carbon sequestration and subsequent storage in geological formations seem pretty much possible today. Now if those words seem too out-worldly for you, here a simpler version. Using solar energy to capture CO2 out of the air and convert it into solid carbon is much easier today, thanks to some new developments. And the captured carbon isn’t going to land up in a stockpile of waste. It has its uses too, including the formation of hydrocarbons that can be re-used to make fuel or plastics.

Using Solar Thermal Electrochemical Photo processes to convert anthropogenic carbon dioxide generated in burning fossil fuels could now be the future, with 20 years worth of research paying off. And now, instead of grid energy, solar power can be used to drive the chemical and power up the conversion. The world probably is turning greener by the day.
[nanowerk]