MOF carbon capture
On the record
- What happened
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.
- 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
“capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions.”Nobel Prize press release, 8 Oct 2025
The bigger picture
More on MOF carbon capture
On step 3 of 5: Real-world testing. Everything we track on it
- ProductionCompany-reported
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.
The Chemical Engineer, 3 Nov 2023 - 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