MOF carbon capture
ProductionCompany-reported
- What happened
BASF said it was the first company to make a MOF at a scale of several hundred tons a year, for Svante's carbon capture filters.
- Why it matters
Svante says its MOF filters can capture up to 95% of the carbon dioxide from industrial sources such as cement, steel and hydrogen plants.
The Chemical Engineer, 3 Nov 2023- How far from your life
Real-world testing
Metal-organic frameworks for carbon capture is on step 3 of 5. Could reach you in a few years if the tests go well.
- Source
“BASF claims to be the first company to produce metal-organic frameworks at a scale of several hundred tons per year,”The Chemical Engineer, 3 Nov 2023
Company-reported: the only source so far is the company itself. It still counts on the ladder, and we show the flag until an independent source backs it.
The bigger picture
More on MOF carbon capture
On step 3 of 5: Real-world testing. Everything we track on it
- On the record
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal-organic frameworks, citing uses that include capturing carbon dioxide.
Nobel Prize press release, 8 Oct 2025 - Field trial
Svante installed a demonstration plant capturing 1 tonne of CO2 a day at Lafarge's cement plant in Richmond, British Columbia, using its MOF material.
World Cement, May 2023