Professors from the College of Engineering at Al-Qadisiyah University have contributed to a revolutionary innovation that converts carbon dioxide into clean fuel using sunlight.

Professor Ali Abdul-Hussein Jazea, Dean of the College of Engineering, and Assistant Professor Mustafa Jawad Nemah have contributed to the development of a new engineering material capable of converting carbon dioxide (CO2), the primary cause of global warming, into two valuable fuels: carbon monoxide (CO) and methane (CH4), using only light energy and water! This remarkable international scientific achievement

The joint research team, which included researchers from Iraq, the UAE, and India, relied on photocatalysis, a technique similar to photosynthesis in plants. The innovation was achieved by combining two materials: titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a photocatalyst and vanadium carbide (V2C) from the MXenes family, a superconductor and light-absorbing material. The combination resulted in the compound \text{V}_2\text{C}/\text{TiO}_2, which demonstrated unprecedented efficiency. In experiments, the improved compound achieved record production rates.

This innovation represents a promising step in combating climate change by converting harmful gases into clean, sustainable, and storable energy sources. It also opens the way for developing local technologies that serve the green economy in Iraq by harnessing carbon emissions.