Nanophase ferrites for CO₂ greenhouse gas decomposition

Abstract

Nanophase Zn ferrites prepared by hydrothermal methods show very high efficiency for CO₂ greenhouse gas decomposition to carbon and oxygen with little or no CO as a byproduct; nanophase ferrites are highly efficient for CO₂ decomposition because this is a surface reaction and their surface to volume ratio is very high.

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