Converting NOx pollution into plant feed

氮污染（NOx）是欧洲和世界各地的一个重要环境问题，因为其影响包括对全球变暖的贡献。我们的解决方案通过将氮氧化物转化为硝酸盐作为植物饲料来去除大气中的氮氧化物。我们开发了专门设计的光催化剂，可以在日光下工作，选择性地将NOx转化为硝酸盐。新产品（R-LEAF）可以喷洒在作物叶片表面，在那里它捕获NOx并通过光催化将其转化为硝酸盐，硝酸盐被作物叶片吸收作为营养素，从而提高作物产量。R-LEAF提高了氮肥的施用效率，从而减少了对合成氮肥的需求。该解决方案具有多方面的目的，从大气中去除氮氧化物，从而产生更清洁的空气，有效地为植物提供氮肥，增加粮食产量，有助于减少气候变化并改善人类健康。

Nitrogen pollution (NOx) is a significant environmental problem in Europe and around the world as its impacts include contributions to global warming. Our solution removes NOx from the atmosphere by converting it into nitrate as plant feed. We have developed specially designed photo-catalysts that can work under day light to selectively activate the conversion of NOx into nitrate. The new product (R-LEAF) can be sprayed on the surface of crop leaves where it captures NOx and converts it through photo-catalysis into nitrate, which is absorbed by the crop foliage as a nutrient leading to increased crop yield. R-LEAF increases the efficiency of nitrogen applications resulting in reduced requirement of synthetic N applications. The solution has a multifaceted purpose, to remove NOx from the atmosphere resulting in cleaner air, to provide nitrogen fertiliser to the plants efficiently, to increase food production, contribute towards reducing climate change and improve human health.