According to Yassad News, citing Interesting Engineering, nano technology researcher Lauren Tetard and catalysts expert Richard Blair have conducted this research. This achievement includes a method to produce hydrogen from methane without releasing any carbon dioxide. Blair says about this: New innovation is actually 2 achievements in one. First, hydrogen is obtained by a new method, and not only methane is separated from it, but it is also removed. Methane actually turns into pure hydrogen and carbon, which can be used for things like batteries. The second innovation is likely to be the production of high performance carbon materials from methane in the future. Tetard says about this:
This method is like having a 3D carbon printer instead of a 3D polymer printer. If we have such a tool, it is possible to make carbon scaffolds that are currently impossible to invent. So our innovation is a way to make materials from methane in an environmentally friendly way on a macro industrial scale. According to researchers, this invention has many applications. Blair says about this: New innovation can be used for medical devices or new chemical sensors. This achievement becomes a platform for the development of various types of products. Also, according to Tetard, the size of the built structures can be reduced. He explains about this: Currently, the size of the structure is on a micro scale.Because the focal volume of the light that is created is micro-sized. So if this small amount of light can be controlled, it may be possible to make nanoscale objects for much smaller structures.
