As the fight against climate change intensifies, carbon capture technology has become a critical solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Leading this innovation is Corning’s ceramic honeycomb substrate—originally designed to reduce vehicle emissions, now repurposed to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) at an industrial scale.
Carbon capture extracts CO2 from the atmosphere or industrial exhaust streams to mitigate climate change’s most severe impacts. Corning’s ceramic substrates, featuring a unique honeycomb structure created through an advanced extrusion process, provide an efficient method for trapping CO2. Each honeycomb unit can capture up to one ton of CO2 annually, thanks to its high geometric surface area that allows large volumes of air to pass through. This design is particularly effective given that CO2 makes up just 0.04% of ambient air.
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