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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

World-first generator turns greenhouse gas into power

Dr Zhuyuan Wang and Professor Xiang Zhang's nanogenerator consumes greenhouse gases. (HANDOUT/UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND)

Charging a smartphone could one day be good for the planet after Australian researchers created a generator capable of using greenhouse gas to produce electricity. 

The University of Queensland discovery, outlined in the journal Nature Communications, uses ions of different sizes to create electricity while removing carbon dioxide from the air. 

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